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Albies went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk during a 5-0 victory against the Nationals on Friday.

The second baseman remains five steals away from a 20/20 season, but he has gone deep four times in his last eight games, including each of the past two contests. He needs two more long balls to tie his mark in the category from last year, but Albies has already matched his total of 70 extra-bases. He is batting .293 with 23 home runs, 79 RBI, 95 runs and 15 steals in 593 at-bats this year.

Lux went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and two runs scored Friday night against the Mets.

Lux delivered a three-run blast in the fourth inning, putting his team ahead in the early going. The 21-year-old shortstop is now 9-for-33 with two homers, five RBI and a stolen base over his first 10 big-league contests.

Albies went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, a double and a walk in Thursday's loss to the Phillies.

Albies cracked open the scoring with a two-run homer off Drew Smyly in the first inning. He also doubled in the seventh and walked in the fifth. The 22-year-old second baseman now has 22 home runs on the season while batting .290/.349/.494.

McNeil is not in Thursday's lineup against the Diamondbacks.

McNeil has been one of the Mets' best hitters all season and that has continued into September. He is hitting .317 with four home runs and one steal in 41 at-bats this month. Todd Frazier will start at third base and hit sixth.

Diaz went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Wednesday's loss to Milwaukee.

Diaz drove in two runs for the second consecutive game and evened the contest at 5-5 with Wednesday's 425-foot blast, but the offense went silent over the final four frames. The 23-year-old has largely struggled during his first month in the majors with a .162/.267/.265 slash line in 33 games, but he's looked a bit more comfortable in the last couple games.

McNeil went 3-for-4 a double, two home runs, three RBI, a stolen base and three runs scored overall Wednesday against the Diamondbacks.

McNeil packed the stat sheet, slugging his 19th and 20th home runs of the season. He also chipped in his 35th double and fifth stolen base for the campaign, adding to his impressive breakout season. The 27-year-old has shown no signs of slowing down at the plate as the season comes to a close, recording four multi-RBI games in his past nine starts. For the campaign, he owns an impressive .325/.394/.536 line across 513 plate appearances.

Rojas will sit Wednesday against the Mets.

Rojas hits the bench after starting 11 straight games, a stretch in which he recorded a strong .308/.400/.538 slash line. Tim Locastro gets the nod in left field.

Lux is not in Wednesday's lineup against the Orioles.

He was supposed to sit Tuesday but was a late add after Justin Turner (ankle) was scratched. After getting added to the starting nine he proceeded to go 3-for-4 with his first big-league home run, and is now hitting .250/.333/.458 in his first 24 at-bats. Enrique Hernandez starts at the keystone with lefty John Means on the hill for Baltimore.

Urias went 3-for-5 with an RBI and scored twice in a victory over the Cubs on Tuesday.

Urias got the Padres on the board with an RBI single in the second inning and crossed the plate with the winning run in the 10th. The three-hit game was the first of Urias' major-league career and pushed his average over the Mendoza Line for the first time since Aug. 24. The rookie is hitting only .208 this season but has had a strong start to September, batting .421 (8-for-19) through seven games.

Dubon led off and went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Pirates.

Usual leadoff hitter Mike Yastrzemski was rested in this one, and Dubon was his surprise replacement. The 24-year-old hasn't shown much in terms of plate discipline in his young career (one walk in 40 plate appearances and just a 5.2 walk percentage in the minors this year), but the Giants are devoid of many options who get on base at decent clip. What the rookie infielder does offer is pure speed, and he flashed that when he came around to score from first for the club's first run and legged out a double later in the contest. Yastrzemski should resume leadoff duties Wednesday, but Dubon could be a candidate to hit higher in the lineup for whoever manages San Francisco in 2020.