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Diaz extended his hitting streak to seven games Wednesday by going 2-for-4 with his fourth homer, a walk, two RBI and three runs against the Diamondbacks.

He's been absolutely explosive whenever given the chance to hit this year, as Diaz now owns a simply ridiculous .468/.500/.823 batting line that would make even Barry Bonds jealous. Of course, there's essentially no chance he can keep up anything even vaguely resembling this -- we're talking about a guy who put up a .278/.339/.445 line across two stops in the minors last season, and once Jhonny Peralta (hand) is ready to return around midseason, it's hard to see where Diaz plays. That said, there's no reason not to pick him up and enjoy the ride right now.

Crawford left Wednesday's matchup against the Padres with a knee injury, Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area reports.

Crawford fouled a ball off his knee in the fifth inning, which eventually led to his exit after the sixth. Fortunately, manager Bruce Bochy indicated the knee was just sore and he should be fine. Crawford finished the day 0-for-3 with one RBI. The Giants have an off day Thursday, so consider him day-to-day until his status for Friday's tilt with the Mets is confirmed.

Story is back in the lineup Wednesday against the Pirates, batting second in the orde against Pittsburgh.

After getting the day off for Tuesday's matchup against the Pirates, Story will draw back into the lineup Wednesday when the Rockies face left-hander Jon Niese. Story is hitting .286 with a 1.042 OPS and two home runs against southpaws this season.

Owings is not in the lineup Wednesday night against the Cardinals.

Although he was a middle infielder prior to this season, Owings has been playing in center due to A.J. Pollock's elbow injury. With the 24-year-old out of the lineup for Wednesday's game, David Peralta will slide over to center while Brandon Drury gets the start in right, which may not be optimal on defense, but it really bolsters Arizona's lineup.

Arcia went 3-for-6 with a grand slam and three stolen bases in a game with Triple-A Colorado Springs on Tuesday.

Arcia had just one home run and no steals in his first 16 games with Colorado Springs, but he upped his count in both areas with his big game Tuesday. While his totals in those two categories don't jump off the page, he has excelled in other aspects in his first go-around at the Triple-A level, knocking in 13 runs in 17 games and hitting .313 while striking out just eight times over that span. The Brewers' plans for Arcia this season still are not certain, but he seems to be doing whatever he can to earn a call-up at some point.

Castro is likely to play some games at shortstop in the near future, David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

The middle infielder has played well, going 12-for-44 (.273) in 12 games this season, but the real reason Castro might move to shortstop is the struggling Erick Aybar. The 32-year-old veteran is hitting just .155, including .077 versus left-handers. Mark Bowman of MLB.com also wrote that Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez may switch the two middle infielders, but Bowman reports that the switch won't occur as quickly as O'Brien suggested it would.

Story is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Pirates.

The switch-htting Cristhian Adames will get the start at shortstop in place of Story for Tuesday's matchup against right-hander Gerrit Cole. Story has come back to earth a bit since his torrid start, collecting four hits in his last 26 at-bats. He's available off the bench Tuesday and figures to get back into the lineup Wednesday against lefty Jon Niese.

Owings went 3-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored in Monday's win over St. Louis.

All three of Owings' hits were singles, and he still owns a poor .367 slugging percentage on the season. Owings struck out again on Monday and has 14 in his 19 games this season; his 22.2 percent strikeout rate suggests he'll struggle to maintain his current .283 batting average.

Seager went 2-for-5 with a triple, a double, three RBI, a walk and a run scored during Sunday's win over the Rockies.

Seager struggled out of the gate, but he caught fire over the last four games of the road trip, with a .353 average to go along with a home run, five RBI, five runs scored and a stolen base. He is capable of contributing across the board and seems to be enjoying some of his first sustained success of the 2016 season at the moment.

Gordon went 2-for-5 with two runs and two steals Sunday at the Giants.

Gordon's speed on the bases was critical in a game the Marlins would only win by a single run. Although the speedster has six steals on the season, these were the first he's recorded in his last six games.