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Seager went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Nationals.

Seager got the Dodgers on the board in the sixth inning with a 422-foot blast to center off Stephen Strasburg. Seager's eighth homer of the season started a two-out, two-run rally that was the margin of victory for Los Angeles. The 23-year-old phenom has been scuffling lately -- he's hitting just .192 in June with one RBI -- but remains one of the best shortstops around.

D'Arnaud is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Diamondbacks.

Neither d'Arnaud or Erick Aybar have been great at the plate for San Diego, so it seems like they're locked in a timeshare for starts at shortstop until one of them shows signs of life with the bat. Aybar will pick up the start Wednesday evening.

Turner went 1-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and two stolen bases in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Dodgers.

The leadoff man now has 18 steals on the season, seven of which have come in the last week to go along with a .364/.400/.424 slash line. Turner's still got a long way to go to match last year's performance, but he's quickly making up for lost time.

Owings went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer, a walk and two runs against the Padres on Tuesday.

Just 3-for-27 over his last seven appearances, Owings badly needed a bounce-back effort like this. Even with that slump, he's returned massive value for fantasy owners (most of whom likely plucked him off the waiver wire) by providing seven homers, 33 RBI and nine steals while being eligible at a number of positions.

Diaz is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Reds, Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports.

Diaz, who only has four hits in the past week, will get a night off after a string of 10 straight starts. Paul DeJong will move over to shortstop to fill the void, while Greg Garcia enters the lineup at second.

Tejada was called up by the Orioles on Tuesday, Eduardo A. Encina of The Baltimore Sun reports.

The Orioles acquired Tejada from the Yankees on Sunday for cash, and he's set to assume Paul Janish's role as the team's utility infielder with Janish designated for assignment. Tejada, 27, has hit .252/.327/.320 with 10 homers and 16 stolen bases in 616 career games in the major leagues (2,262 plate appearances). He figures to stick around until Ryan Flaherty (shoulder) is good to go.

Arcia is not in the lineup Monday against the Giants.

Arcia has been swinging the bat well as of late, collecting 14 hits in over the past 14 games. However, he'll get a night off on the heels of a two-strikeout performance Sunday, allowing Eric Sogard to pick up a start at shortstop.

Swanson is not in the lineup Monday against the Phillies.

Swanson has shown signs of life at the plate recently, collecting a hit in each of his last three contests, although he's also struck out four times in that span. He'll head to the bench for a night off Monday with Johan Camargo taking over for him at shortstop.

Diaz went 2-for-3 with an RBI ground-rule double, another two-bagger and a walk in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the Cubs.

The Cuban shortstop snapped an RBI drought Sunday, as he hadn't driven in a run since May 10. His multi-hit effort was also his first since May 27, but Diaz does now have a modest three-game hitting streak to start June. After a sluggish April, Diaz is slashing .302/.353/.396 over the last month (27 games).

Turner went 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk, two steals, two RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's win over the A's.

It's his fifth multi-hit performance in the last seven games, a stretch during which Turner is hitting .343/.361/.400 with six runs, three RBI and five steals. The 23-year-old is now 16-for-19 on the basepaths through 45 games, putting him on pace to top 50 steals in his first full big-league campaign.