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Nationals infielder Danny Espinosa went 2 for 4 in Monday's loss to Cincinnati, the second day in a row Espinosa has had multiple hits in a game. Espinosa has hit in the last three and his 5 for his last 10. 

Espinosa had his 15th double and ninth home run of the year in the game. It's the first time he's had multiple extra-base hits in a game since getting two doubles on June 30. He went deep for the first time since June 10. 

Dodgers shortstop Jimmy Rollins gets a rest on Sunday, as he's out of the starting lineup for the first time in 12 games. Rollins had started 15 of the previous 16 games at short. 

In his place, Enrique Hernandez gets his ninth start of the year at short. 

Padres third baseman Yangervis Solarte homered for the second time in three days in Saturday's loss to St. Louis. 

Solarte snapped a 57 game homer drought on Thursday. He now has four homers on the year. 

Padres first baseman Yangervis Solarte was tossed from Thursday's game against the Cardinals after striking out on a check swing in the top of the sixth inning.

Solarte disagreed on the umpire's call that he swung at a third strike. He finished the game 1 for 3 with a solo home run, his third of the season.

The Nationals will start infielder Danny Espinosa at shortstop for Thursday's game at Atlanta, reports MASNsports.com.

He will bat second and replace Ian Desmond, who was given the day off. Over his last 10 games, Espinosa is hitting .194 with two doubles and three RBI.

The Nationals are favored (-180) at Atlanta on Thursday.

Dodgers outfielder Enrique Hernandez collected three hits in Wednesday night's 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks. 

Hernandez was a home run away from the cycle as he went 3 for 5 with a single, double and triple. The triple was his second of the year and the double was his seventh. Henderson now has a slash line of .269/.310/.484. 

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa went 3 for 5 at the plate during Tuesday's 6-1 win over the Braves.

Espinosa scored two runs and also had one RBI. Prior to his three-hit game Tuesday, Espinosa was hitting .179 with one double and four RBI in his last 11 games.

Padres infielder Yangervis Solarte went 3 for 5 with a double and an RBI in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Solarte drove in the final San Diego run in the sixth inning, putting the game well out of reach for Arizona.

This makes back-to-back multi-hit games for Solarte, but he is still hitting just .242 over his last 10 games.

Nationals third baseman Yunel Escobar is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game. 

Escobar left Friday's game after being hit by a pitch. Escobar suffered a hand injury, and while X-rays were negative, he was still suffering from swelling on Saturday. 

Escobar will be replaced at third by Danny Espinosa, who moves over from second. Dan Uggla fills in at second base for the first time since May 27. 

Enrique Hernandez will start in left field for the Dodgers on Saturday, for the first time in 26 games. 

Alex Guerrero sits after starting the last three games in left. Hernandez gets his third start of the year there and will bat seventh in the lineup.