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Alvarez is not in Wednesday's lineup against Oakland, Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports reports.

Alvarez will get the day off after three consecutive starts, with the Orioles deploying a right-handed heavy lineup against southpaw Ross Detwiler. Matt Wieters will occupy the DH spot in his absence, batting seventh.

Duffy (Achilles) will make another rehab appearance for Triple-A Durham on Wednesday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The newly-acquired shortstop went 2-for-3 with a walk in his second appearance for Durham on Tuesday, following a 3-for-6 showing over two games with High-A Charlotte last Thursday and Friday. Duffy's ascension to the big league club appears imminent, with Wednesday's contest potentially serving as his final one in the minors before a call-up.

Peterson is out of the lineup Wednesday against the Brewers.

Typically Peterson gets the nod against righties, but after notching just one hit in his last 15 at-bats he will take a seat Wednesday against righty Chase Anderson. Gordon Beckham will get the start at second base and hit seventh.

Ramirez went 2-for-4 with two RBI, stole a base and scored a run in Tuesday's victory over the Nationals.

Nationals' starter Max Scherzer took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before Francisco Lindor singled with one out to break it up. One batter later, locked in a scoreless tie, Ramirez roped an RBI double off the wall in right-center to open the scoring. Two pitches later, the 23-year-old swiped third for his 13th stole base of the season, and on the subsequent pitch, Ramirez scored on a single by Lonnie Chisenhall to give his team a 2-0 lead. In a matter of four pitches, the switch-hitting infielder changed the entire complexion of the game by putting his full array of talents on display. Ramirez is now riding a 13-game hitting streak in which he's logged eight multi-hit efforts en route to raising his average to .305, its highest mark since June 11.

Britton was released by the Twins on Tuesday.

The Twins released both Britton and Darin Mastroianni at Triple-A on Tuesday, helping to make room for a pair of advancements as well as the activation of Byron Buxton. In 73 Triple-A games this season, Britton hit just .194 with 25 RBI and 47 strikeouts.

Arenado homered and drove in two runs in a 2-for-4 game in Monday's win over the Rangers.

Arenado already has four home runs and 10 RBI in just seven games in August, not to mention a 5:3 BB:K. His 30 home runs continues to top the National League, and only Edwin Encarnacion and Mark Trumbo with 31 each have him bested in the junior circuit.

Plouffe (ribs) is back in the lineup Monday against the Astros.

As expected, Plouffe has been activated from the disabled list and will return to the lineup for the first time in more than a month. The veteran, who was dealing with a cracked rib, recently completed a rehab assignment at Triple-A Rochester, which included playing at both first base and third base over the weekend. He'll start at third base and bat fifth in the order behind cleanup man Miguel Sano on Monday.

Arenado finished 3-for-3 with two home runs, a double, five RBI and a walk in Sunday's loss to the Marlins.

Nobody else in the Rockies lineup managed more than one hit, but the club still had a chance to win because of Arenado, who launched home runs in the fourth and fifth innings before doubling in another run in the seventh. Arenado now leads the National League with 29 home runs and 87 RBI, and he sits second with 80 runs scored this season.

Segura went 2-for-5 and tallied his 19th steal of the season in Sunday's win over the Brewers.

Segura also went 2-for-5 on Saturday while collecting his 10th home run of the season. On the heels of disappointing 2014 and 2015 seasons, Segura has been electric since his move to Arizona this year. His slash line is now up to .309/.357/.455, rates which would all be career bests for the 26-year-old.

Machado homered in three straight at-bats during the first three innings of Sunday's 10-2 thrashing of the White Sox.

He went 0-for-3 the rest of the day, but that may have simply been an act of mercy on Machado's part. His seven RBI set a new single-game career high while he became just the second player in MLB history to hit home runs in each of the first three innings of a game, the first being Carl Reynolds of the White Sox back in 1930.