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Gurriel is being held out of Sunday's lineup against the Dodgers after hurting his hand while attempting to steal a base Saturday, Jake Kaplan of The Athletic reports.

Gurriel is sitting after starting the past six games for the Astros, and manager Dusty Baker said that he's being held out due to an injury. Baker said that he doesn't think the injury will warrant a stint on the injured list. Gurriel will get to recover Monday as the Astros have a day off.

Gurriel is not in the lineup Sunday against the Dodgers, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Gurriel started the past six games and will head to the bench after going 4-for-20 with one homer and five RBI during that stretch. Abraham Toro receives the start at first base in his place.

Hoskins is out of the lineup for Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Marlins with an apparent wrist injury, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports.

The team never announced the injury, but Hoskins appeared to tweak his wrist Saturday and didn't start either of Sunday's games. The Phillies should provide more information after the nightcap. Phil Gosselin receives another start at first base in his place.

Flores is out of the lineup for Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Padres, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Flores started the last nine games and went 11-for-33 with one homer, six doubles, seven runs and five RBI during that stretch, but he'll head to the bench for the matinee. Justin Smoak will bat sixth as the designated hitter in Game 1.

Hoskins is out of the lineup for Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader at Miami, Matt Breen of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Hoskins started the past 11 games but will take a seat after going 9-for-47 with four homers and 17 strikeouts during that stretch. There's been no indication of an injury, so the 27-year-old figures to be back in the lineup for the nightcap. Phil Gosselin will start at first base in the matinee.

Lowe is starting at first base and batting sixth Sunday with lefty Martin Perez starting for the Red Sox.

With Ji-Man Choi (hamstring strain) likely done for the remainder of the regular season, Lowe should function as the primary first baseman going forward. He will likely get spelled by Mike Brosseau at times, but Sunday's lineup is an indication that Lowe won't be limited to a strict strong-side platoon. He hit two homers in Friday's game and had another hit, run and RBI Saturday.

Bell went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-4 loss to the Royals.

His second-inning shot, Bell's sixth homer of the year, got the Pirates on the board. The first baseman has now hit safely in five straight games and gone yard in two straight, pushing his slash line on the season up to .231/.301/.374.

France went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in a win over Arizona on Saturday.

France got the Mariners off to a quick start with a solo shot to left field in the first inning. He went on to collect two more base knocks in the victory for his second three-hit game of the season. Since joining the Mariners at the trade deadline, France has gone 11-for-29 (.379) with a pair of homers and six RBI.

Gurriel went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a walk in a victory over the Dodgers on Saturday.

Gurriel kicked off the scoring for Houston with an RBI single to center in the first inning. Though he didn't do anything spectacular the remainder of the contest, he made productive outs with an RBI fielder's choice in the eighth inning and a sacrifice fly in the ninth. Through 184 plate appearances this season, Gurriel is slashing .265/.310/.458 with 21 RBI.

Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-1 win over the Reds.

Goldschmidt took Reds reliever Amir Garrett deep in the sixth inning to finish off a five-run rally. The 33-year-old Goldschmidt has six homers this season, three of which have come in his last eight games. He's slashing .312/.446/.512 with 16 RBI, 25 runs scored and a stolen base in 39 contests overall.