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Crawford (finger) remains out of the lineup Friday in San Diego.

He will miss his third game in a row after dislocating the pinkie finger on his glove hand. It sounds like he is steadily improving, and it would not be surprising if he returned at some point during this weekend's series. Ehire Adrianza will get the start at shortstop and hit eighth in Crawford's place Friday.

Gordon is not in the lineup Friday against the Braves, Andre Fernandez of the Miami Herald reports.

Gordon has started the Marlins' past 16 games, so it seems that manager Don Mattingly thought it was time that the speedster got a day off. Derek Dietrich will fill in at the keystone in his stead.

Diaz is out of the lineup Friday against the Cubs.

He is hitting .185/.267/.444 with two home runs in 30 plate appearances since returning from a lengthy absence due to a thumb injury. Jedd Gyorko will start at shortstop and hit second Friday while Jhonny Peralta gets the start at third and Matt Carpenter slots in at second.

Manager Bruce Bochy said Crawford (finger) was "much better" Thursday, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Crawford is out again Thursday after suffering a dislocated left pinkie finger during Tuesday's game. He will play catch Thursday to keep his arm in shape but that will be the extent of his activity. With that, a Friday return seems like a stretch, but it sounds like Crawford has a chance to make it back onto the field this weekend.

Crawford (finger) remains out of the lineup Thursday against the Padres.

Crawford dislocated his left pinkie finger in Tuesday's contest, and it seems that the Giants will give him another day to get it back into game shape. Ehire Adrianza will take over at shortstop in his stead once again.

Swanson is not in the lineup Thursday against the Marlins.

Despite notching a hit in seven of the past eight games, Swanson will head to the bench for a night off. Gordon Beckham will enter the lineup as the shortstop for the evening.

Adrianza went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in Wednesday's loss to the Dodgers.

Adrianza got the start at short in place of the injured Brandon Crawford (finger) and took advantage of the opportunity by connecting on his second home run of the season. It is a small sample size, but it looks like the glove-first infielder has figured something out at the plate this season with a .314/.364/.471 slash line in 58 plate appearances. Crawford's injury isn't considered serious, but he could still miss another game or two. If that is the case, Adrianza becomes an intriguing punt option in daily formats against Christian Friedrich (4.78 ERA) on Thursday.

Seager was 2-for-4 with a run scored in Wednesday's win over the Giants.

The probable NL Rookie of the Year and MVP candidate is batting .317/.375/.525 with 25 home runs while playing top-notch defense at shortstop.

Turner went 1-for-5 with a home run in the Nationals' 8-3 win over the Marlins on Wednesday.

Turner had been hitless in the first two games of the series against the Marlins, a slump by his standards this year. Turner has done it all for the Nationals since being called up from Triple-A, hitting .342 with 12 home runs and 27 steals in 62 games for the Nationals.

Noonan was designated for assignment on Wednesday.

He had a brief opportunity earlier this year to get some traction as the Padres' starting shortstop, but that quickly evaporated. Noonan has a career .193/.239/.234 slash line in 155 big league plate appearances, and at 27 years old, there's little hope he'll turn into more than organizational filler.