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Nationals manager Matt Williams said Monday that infielder Anthony Rendon has been diagnosed with an oblique strain.

Rendon had been working his way back from a knee injury suffered in spring training before being sidelined last week with tightness in his side. He was sent back to Washington, D.C. to visit with the team doctor about his new injury.

With the new oblique issue, Rendon will have the timetable for his return set. He doesn't figure to return to action until the last half of May at the earliest.

"We're going to have to slow his progress down a little bit," manager Matt Williams said after Washington's 6-4 victory over the Marlins Monday, per MLB.com. "He's felt it for the last few days, so we're going to sit him a little bit longer and make sure it's OK before he resumes activity. It's just not getting loose for him."

Brewers shortstop Jean Segura was not in the starting lineup Monday against the Dodgers after getting hit in the head Sunday. Hector Gomez started in place of Segura, who was held out of the lineup for the first time in 26 games this season.

Segura is batting .207 (6 for 29) with one triple, five RBI, one run and two stolen bases in his last seven games.

Nationals infielder Anthony Rendon is out of the lineup for the third consecutive game while rehabbing with Double-A Harrisburg, according to FoxSports.com. Rendon, who was initially recovering from a sprained MCL, is now dealing with an oblique injury that has caused a rather significant setback. An updated timetable for Rendon's return has not been made available. 

Rendon is in Washington DC to visit with the team doctor, according to MASNSports.com. He is considered day-to-day. 

Brewers shortstop Jean Segura had a CT scan, after getting hit in the head by a pitch in Sunday's game. 

General manager Gord Ash said that the results of the CT were negative, per the Journal Sentinel. The team will make a decision on Segura's status later in the day on Monday. 

Nationals manager Matt Williams was hoping infielder Anthony Rendon could return to the lineup by the end of the week, but those plans appear to be on hold after he was scratched again from the Double-A Harrisburg lineup on Saturday, per MLB.com.

Rendon, who returned to the lineup Friday after missing a few games due to tightness in his side, was unable to get loose Saturday, according to a team spokesman.

“Anthony is day to day,” Williams said after Saturday’s game, per The Washington Post. “It’s going to be that way as he goes. [Saturday], he couldn’t get [his side] as loose as he wanted to.”

Rendon originally went on the disabled list to begin the season because of a sprained left MCL. However, in a bit of good news, Williams said Rendon's knee is OK.

Nolan Arenado connected for two home runs off Padres starter James Shields on Sunday in the Rockies' loss on Sunday. 

Arenado launched a solo homer in the fourth inning and a two-run shot in the fifth. 

"I watched a lot of video of (James Shields), and he's a good pitcher," Arenado said to the Denver Post. "I just went up there and tried to hit the ball hard. He made me look foolish in that first at-bat. He wanted to throw a good changeup on that first homer, but he didn't put it (where) he wanted, and I took advantage of it."

He has now homered three times in his last three games, pushing his season total to six.

Brewers shortstop Jean Segura appears to be alright after taking a 95-mph fastball to the head in Sunday's game against the Cubs, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Segura left the game after the at-bat to be further evaluated. It was the second time this season Segura has been hit in the head.

"He's doing pretty good, but we're going to get him over to a doctor here to make sure that they see the same things our guys are seeing," manager Ron Roenicke said. "So we'll have him checked out here and then have a car for him to get back to Milwaukee tonight."

Roenicke hopes Segura is able to remain the same hitter at the plate after the second scare.

"Yeah, that's two in the helmet. That's not a good thing,” said Roenicke. "You hope a guy doesn't get a little tentative in what he's doing. He does such a nice job doing the things we ask that you hope it doesn't start to bother him."

Pirates first baseman Pedro Alvarez went 1 for 2 at the plate with four walks in Pittsburgh's 3-2 loss to the Cardinals in 14 innings on Sunday.

Alvarez did his damage in the 12th inning when he took a Samuel Tuivailala pitch over the right field wall for a solo shot, his fifth of the season. Alvarez is now hitting .227 with 12 RBI in 75 at-bats this year.

Brewers shortstop Jean Segura was hit in the head with a pitch during Sunday's game in Chicago against the Cubs and has left the game, the team has announced.

Segura initially took his base at first but then called timeout and exited.

Hector Gomez replaced him as a pinch runner.

Segura was 0 for 3 with a strikeout before leaving.

Brewers second baseman Jean Segura went 4 for 5 in Saturday's win over the Cubs. Segura hit his first triple of the season and drove in two runs, giving him 10 on the year.

He lifted his average to .298 and stole his fifth base.