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Story hit a three-run homer, his 16th, in a 1-for-4 game in Monday's win over the Dodgers.

Story has a six-game hitting streak now and continues to be the league's biggest power threat at the shortstop position. His 16 home runs gives him one more than Manny Machado for the major league shortstop lead and two more than Corey Seager among National Leaguers. Story has continued to produce despite striking out in nearly a third of his plate appearances, and while that will limit his batting average (now .262), his ridiculous power production is more than making up for it.

Turner was optioned back to Triple-A Syracuse on Monday following Ryan Zimmerman's reinstatement from the paternity list, CSN Mid-Atlantic reports.

The young infielder started just one game over the weekend while Zimmerman was away from the team. Turner's time will come, but if the Nats are waiting for his Super-2 status to elapse, he may not rejoin the big league roster on a permanent basis for another few weeks yet.

Turner was optioned back to Triple-A Syracuse Monday, Chase Hughes of CSN Mid-Atlantic reports.

The 22-year-old impressed in his 2016 debut, batting 3-for-3 with a double in the team's loss to the Reds last Friday, but he will now return to the minors as a result of Ryan Zimmerman returning from paternity leave. He will look to have continued success in the minors until another potential promotion from manager Dusty Baker.

Seager went 3-for-5 with two home runs with a career-high four RBI in Sunday's 12-6 win over the Braves.

The left-hand-hitting shortstop set a couple of career marks in the weekend series against the league's worst team. On Friday, Seager had his first three-homer game, and Sunday he drove home more runs than he ever had before. His fine weekend pushed his slash line to .286/.341/.533 while upping his RBI total to 39 on the year.

Ahmed is out of the lineup Sunday against the Cubs.

The light-hitting Ahmed will get a regular day off after starting three straight, allowing Chris Owings to take over at shortstop, effectively opening up a spot for Michael Bourn in center field. Ahmed is hitless in his last 12 plate appearances, so the timing was right to make a switch in an effort to inject some offense into a lineup that will be facing ace Jake Arrieta on Sunday afternoon.

Seager went 3-for-4 with three solo home runs during Friday's win against the Braves.

The young shortstop put the Dodgers' offense on his back Friday night, providing all of the run support necessary for his club to emerge with the victory. After a quiet April (.707 OPS, two homers), Seager has gone deep 10 times in his last 94 at-bats dating back to May 11. The big night Friday pushed his season line to .283/.338/.511 -- a 46-point boost to his slugging percentage for the year.

Turner went 3-for-3 with a double and a walk in Friday's 7-2 loss to the Reds.

The dynamic rookie made quite a splash in his 2016 debut, an extension of the success he'd been experiencing at the Triple-A level this season. Turner's promotion to the big league club has been termed as strictly temporary by manager Dusty Baker, but the 22-year-old will certainly attempt to make an impression during whatever stretch of time he does have at his disposal.

Manager Dusty Baker said Friday that Turner's promotion "is a weekend thing," James Wagner of the Washington Post reports.

The Nats brought up the heralded prospect Friday with Ryan Zimmerman going on paternity leave, and there has been speculation Turner could stick long term now that the organization has gained an extra year of control. Baker indicated Turner will go back to Triple-A once Zimmerman returns, although it shouldn't be long before Turner's up for good, and he projects as a prolific source of speed once in a regular role. Turner is starting at second base and batting second Friday with Daniel Murphy at first base.

Swanson, 22, is batting .273/.362/.438 with four home runs and 15 RBI in 30 games since being promoted to Double-A.

Swanson has hit a bit of a snag of late, batting just .239 with 10 strikeouts over his last 10 games. Ozzie Albies also remains ahead of him on the depth chart at Triple-A, though Albies is not exactly scalding the ball right now either. With the Braves headed nowhere this season, there could be no rush to promote Swanson to the big leagues.

Turner is in the lineup Friday against the Reds, starting at second base and batting second in the order.

The highly-touted prospect was recalled earlier Friday with Ryan Zimmerman going on the paternity list and manager Dusty Baker wasted no time getting Turner into the mix. He'll take over at second base while Daniel Murphy slides over to first base Friday. Turner can not only hit for average, given his .310 mark at Triple-A, but he's a threat on the base paths as well with 17 steals on 17 attempts at Syracuse this season.