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Marte is day-to-day with left hamstring tightness after leaving Sunday's game in the sixth inning following an infield single, Steve Gilbert of MLB.com reports.

With two days off before the NL wild-card game against the Rockies on Wednesday, Marte has a chance of recovering in time to play. Since the calendar flipped to September, Marte has started 22 of the D-backs' final 28 games as the team's primary shortstop.

Marte left Sunday's game in the sixth inning with an apparent leg injury, Steve Gilbert of MLB.com reports.

The severity and specific nature of Marte's injury is unclear, which puts his availability for the D-backs' upcoming wikd-card matchup with Colorado in question. Chris Herrmann replaced him as a pinch runner during the sixth inning.

Bostick will make his third start at second base in seven games Sunday against Washington.

He'll bat leadoff against lefty Gio Gonzalez. Formerly of the Nationals' organization, Bostick has three hits in seven at-bats as a starter and has shown energy atop the order. He's playing for a backup spot in 2018 after hitting .294/.362/.418 in 549 plate appearances with Triple-A Indianapolis.

Frazier is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals, Adam Berry of MLB.com reports.

Frazier will head to the bench for the season's final game, being replaced by Chris Bostick at the keystone. The 25-year-old will finish the season with a .277 average and 98 wRC+ in his 120 games played.

Albies went 3-for-5 with a solo home run and a stolen base in the Braves' 3-2 loss to the Marlins on Friday night.

The young second baseman led off the contest with a bang, sending Dan Straily's second offering over the fence to give Atlanta an early lead. Albies is hitting well right now, notching multi-hit games in three of his past four starts and producing an .840 OPS with four home runs this month. With good speed to his name, he looks like he could be a nice multi-category producer for years to come.

Merrifield went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 2-1 win over the Diamondbacks.

The long ball was Merrifield's 19th of the season, putting him just one shy of becoming the fourth second baseman in American League history to compile 20 home runs, 30 doubles and 30 stolen bases in a season. Even if Merrifield, who is also hitting .289 on the season, falls short of that achievement, he's still been a far greater fantasy contributor than his owners could have imagined coming out of spring training. Raul Mondesi scuffled early on as the team's everyday second baseman, allowing Merrifield to claim the starting gig. He never look back on his way to becoming one of the top fantasy options at the position.

Polanco is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Tigers, according to Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com.

Polanco has started every game since Sept. 5 and played Thursday while several other Twins regulars rested, so manager Paul Molitor decided it was his turn for a day off Friday. Ehire Adrianza will get the start at shortstop in Polanco's place.

Altuve went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Thursday's 12-2 win at Fenway Park.

Altuve bolstered his AL MVP case with this three-hit effort, though Aaron Judge of the Yankees kept pace by mashing his 51st home run of the season over in New York. The diminutive second baseman is slashing .350/.415/.555 and ranks second in MLB to Colorado's Charlie Blackmon with 203 hits.

Frazier is not in the lineup Thursday against the Nationals.

Frazier has gone 5-for-13 (.385) with a pair of extra-base hits over his previous three starts, but he'll get the day off as Chris Bostick takes over for him at the keystone.

Andrus went 2-for-4 at the dish in Wednesday's 12-2 loss to the Astros.

With the Rangers eliminated from playoff contention, manager Jeff Banister has decided to shut down Andrus' regular mate on the left side of the infield, Adrian Beltre, for the remainder of the season, but it doesn't look like a similar fate will await the shortstop. Andrus, who has put together back-to-back two-hit games, has suited up in all but three of the Rangers' contests this season, and since his health seems to be on solid ground, he'll likely be given the leeway to continue playing through the weekend. The prospect of regular at-bats over the final four games will give Andrus a shot at besting the career-high .302 average he posted in 2016; he's currently sitting at .299 for the season.