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Swanson is out of Sunday's lineup against the Giants.

The Braves are continuing to give their prized rookie regular days off, as they opt to start Chase d'Arnaud at shortstop for Sunday's series finale against San Francisco. After playing in 10 MLB games, Swanson owns a .278 batting average and .308 on-base percentage.

Pennington is out of the lineup Sunday against the Tigers.

This will be the third time in the last four games that Pennington has taken a seat, as Kaleb Cowart will now have started at the keystone in back-to-back contests. Pennington's August performance at the plate hasn't done him many favors -- he has just one base hit in his last six games, and is just 9-for-56 on the month, striking out 23 times.

Gordon is in Sunday's lineup against the Padres, Andre Fernandez of the Miami Herald reports.

Gordon was out of the starting lineup for Friday and Saturday's games, but he'll return to his normal leadoff spot Sunday. Gordon is hitting just .200 over the last seven games, but will have the chance to get back on track as Luis Perdomo takes the mound for San Diego.

Seager went 1-for-4 with a first-inning solo homer in Saturday's 3-2 victory over the Cubs.

The standout shortstop took Jason Hammel deep in the first to open the scoring for the Dodgers, his third straight game with a hit. Seager has also hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games during what has been a standout August in which he's tallied seven doubles, five homers and 12 RBI.

Turner went 2-for-6 with a stolen base in Saturday's 9-4 extra-inning loss to the Rockies.

The dynamic leadoff man continued to be a highly effective table-setter Saturday, getting on base twice and swiping his 17th bag of the season. Turner has now rattled off five consecutive multi-hit efforts, although he's only managed one extra-base hit, a double, over that span. However, the 23-year-old continues to put together a spectacular rookie campaign, slashing .341/.363/.532 over 173 at-bats.

Gordon is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Padres, Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports.

Robert Andino will man second base and lead off against lefty Clayton Richard following his two-hit effort Friday night, as Gordon sits for a second straight game. Gordon did end up coming off the bench and logging three at-bats Friday, finishing 0-for-3, so it doesn't seem as though an injury is in play. Gordon is batting .286 and is 8-for-12 in stolen base attempts in August.

Bogaerts went 3-for-5 with a run in Friday's 6-3 loss to the Royals.

Although he was overshadowed by the standout performances of Dustin Pedroia and Mookie Betts, Bogaerts broke out of an 0-for-10 stretch over his previous three games with Friday's production. He's come back down to earth in the second half and is slashing an anemic .215/.275/.258 in August, but his season average is still a stellar .308.

Baez is in Saturday's lineup against the Dodgers.

After finding himself on the bench Friday, he will get the start at second base in Los Angeles. Baez will face Julio Urias, against whom he went 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBI in an earlier matchup.

Anderson went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs against the Mariners on Thursday.

He went hitless Wednesday but still has eight base knocks over the last four games, with three of those going for extra bases (two doubles and a triple). The rookie shortstop's shown surprising pop since being called up (seven homers, 16 doubles), but his speed's shown up surprisingly little (six steals in eight tries over 64 games) and he has struggled mightily with his plate discipline (7:78 BB:K). Anderson was always a high-BABIP hitter in the minors but he'll find it hard to sustain his current .376 mark in that category as a major leaguer, so his long-term success will hinge on the improvement of his batting eye.

Gordon is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Padres, Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports.

This looks like a routine day off for Gordon after a stretch of 24 starts in 26 games since his return from suspension. Despite an 0-for-5 showing Thursday, Gordon is still batting .295 for the month although just two of his 26 hits have gone for extra bases. He's also been caught four times in 12 attempts on the basepaths in August.