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Garcia is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the A's, Andrew Golden of The Washington Postreports.

Lefty Alex Wood is taking the mound for Oakland, so Garcia will head to the bench, and he's now started just twice in seven games against southpaws. Ildemaro Vargas will handle the keystone Sunday for Washington.

Estrada went 3-for-4 with two home runs, a walk, three RBI and three runs scored in Saturday's win over the Rays.

Estrada had himself a day on Saturday, taking Ryan Pepiot deep for a solo shot in the top of the fourth and later adding a second long ball in the seventh as the Giants dominated the Rays. The shortstop got off to a slow start to begin this month but has now registered multiple hits in back-to-back contests and has hit safely in six of his last eight. Estrada has three home runs on the campaign already, putting him well on pace to surpass the 14 he hit in each of the last two seasons.

Rodgers went 1-for-4 with two RBI on Saturday against the Blue Jays.

Rodgers' performance was far from perfect, as he also struck out three times. However, with his timely two-RBI knock in the sixth inning, he extended his hitting streak to three games while also tallying at least one hit in four of his last five contests. Though there's been some positive of late for Rodgers, he still has a poor .222/.250/.333 line across 56 plate appearances to begin the campaign.

Bogaerts isn't in the Padres' lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers.

Bogaerts has been rather underwhelming to start the season, slashing .219/.275/.297 through 69 plate appearances. He'll get a chance to regroup Saturday while Tyler Wade starts at second base, allowing Eguy Rosario to cover third.

Triolo isn't in the Pirates' lineup for Saturday's game against the Phillies.

Triolo will get a day to rest after going 3-for-7 with an RBI and a run scored through the first two games of the series. Alika Williams will instead get the nod at the keystone, batting ninth.

Stott isn't in the Phillies' lineup for Saturday's game against Pittsburgh.

Southpaw Marco Gonzales will start for the Pirates on Saturday, meaning the left-handed bat of Stott will watch the beginning of the game from the dugout. Edmundo Sosa will enter the lineup to play second base while batting sixth.

Espinal started at third base and went 2-for-4 with three RBI in Friday's 11-1 win over the White Sox.

Espinal delivered one run on a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning then put the coda on the game with a two-run single in the ninth. He's typically in the lineup against left-handers but made his first start against a righty Friday, filling in for a slumping Jeimer Candelario. Both of Espinal's hits Friday were off lefties.

Cardinals manager Oli Marmol said Friday that Edman (wrist) will ramp up his rehab process Monday, John Denton of MLB.com reports.

Edman was shut down during spring training after experiencing lingering pain in his surgically repaired right wrist. He started the season on the 10-day IL and has not yet been cleared for most baseball activities. Starting Monday, Edman and Dylan Carlson (shoulder) will hit off a tee and against soft-toss throws from coaches in the first step of their rehab process. With the Cardinals last season, Edman slashed .248/.307/.399 with 13 home runs and 47 RBI over 528 plate appearances.

Turang is out of the lineup for Friday's game at Baltimore.

Turang started the past 10 games after sitting Opening Day against a left-handed starter, but he'll take a seat Friday with right-hander Tyler Wells pitching for the Orioles. Andrew Monasterio will handle the keystone and bat eighth.

Stott went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run Thursday in a 5-1 victory versus Pittsburgh.

Stott's two-run blast in the seventh inning capped the scoring in the contest for Philadelphia. It was his first homer of the year and just his second extra-base hit of any sort. It's been a slow start to the campaign for Stott, who is slashing just .220/.313/.317 through 48 plate appearances.