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<table class="tableBody" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="tableBody" bgcolor="#f2f2e8"><td valign="top"><nobr>Bengie Molina, SF C</nobr>
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</nobr><nobr>San Francisco Giants</nobr>
Day-To-Day</td><td valign="top">Molina is not in Wednesday's lineup, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Spin:
As a result, Eli Whiteside will get the start behind the plate Wednesday against the Reds.



Wed, Jun 9



</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr class="tableBody" bgcolor="#f8f8f2"><td valign="top"><nobr>Aaron Rowand, SF OF</nobr>
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</nobr><nobr>San Francisco Giants</nobr>
</td><td valign="top">Rowand is out of the Giants' lineup again Wednesday against the Reds, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Spin:
As a result, Andres Torres will play center field and hit leadoff for the Giants Wednesday.



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<table class="tableBody" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="tableBody" bgcolor="#f8f8f2"><td valign="top"><nobr>Brett Gardner, NYY OF</nobr>
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</nobr><nobr>New York Yankees</nobr>
Day-To-Day</td><td valign="top">Gardner, who is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles, will undergo an X-ray on his injured thumb, the Journal News reports.
Spin:
"Obviously I'm concerned about it because it's something that I had a problem with before," Gardner said, referring to a broken thumb that landed him on the DL last season. "I don't expect it to be broken, but I didn't expect it to be broken last year either. Hopefully I just strained it a little bit or tweaked it a little bit and I'll be back in there tomorrow." It's hard to know anything at this point until the results of the X-rays are available, so all we can do is wait.



Wed, Jun 9



</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr class="tableBody" bgcolor="#f2f2e8"><td valign="top"><nobr>Clint Barmes, Col 2B</nobr>
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</nobr><nobr>Colorado Rockies</nobr>
</td><td valign="top">Barmes is not in Wednesday's lineup, the Denver Post reports.
Spin:
Jonathan Herrera will start at second base in his place, with Barmes simply getting a break according to the report.



Wed, Jun 9



</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr class="tableBody" bgcolor="#f8f8f2"><td valign="top"><nobr>Todd Helton, Col 1B</nobr>
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</nobr><nobr>Colorado Rockies</nobr>
</td><td valign="top">Helton is not in Wednesday's lineup against the Astros, the Denver Post reports.
Spin:
Melvin Mora gets the start at first base Wednesday, with Helton getting a breather.



Wed, Jun 9



</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr class="tableBody" bgcolor="#f2f2e8"><td valign="top"><nobr>Bobby Crosby, Pit 3B</nobr>
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</nobr><nobr>Pittsburgh Pirates</nobr>
Day-To-Day</td><td valign="top">Crosby (stomach illness) is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Nationals, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Dejan Covacevic reports.
Spin:
It's not clear whether he's out because of the illness or because he's simply not an everyday player. In any case, he shouldn't be deployed in daily leagues.



Wed, Jun 9



</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr class="tableBody" bgcolor="#f8f8f2"><td valign="top"><nobr>Magglio Ordonez, Det OF</nobr>
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</nobr><nobr>Detroit Tigers</nobr>
Day-To-Day</td><td valign="top">Ordonez (oblique soreness) is not in Wednesday's lineup, the Tigers' official site reports.
Spin:
Ordonez is available Wednesday, but manager Jim Leyland will play it safe with him in order to have Mags available Thursday afternoon, MLB.com reports.



Wed, Jun 9



</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr class="tableBody" bgcolor="#f2f2e8"><td valign="top"><nobr>Ryan Church, Pit OF</nobr>
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</nobr><nobr>Pittsburgh Pirates</nobr>
</td><td valign="top">Church is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Nationals, but he did pinch-hit Tuesday.
Spin:
Church is likely over the illness that kept him out over the weekend, so as soon as one of the regular outfielders gets a day off, he should be available to start.



Wed, Jun 9



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<table class="tableBody" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="tableBody" bgcolor="#f2f2e8"><td valign="top"><nobr>Ivan Rodriguez, Was C</nobr>
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</nobr><nobr>Washington Nationals</nobr>
</td><td valign="top">Rodriguez is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Nationals, MLB.com's William Ladson reports.
Spin:
The Nationals will likely ease Rodriguez back into catching duties after his stay on the disabled list, but he should back to nearly everyday duties fairly soon. Wil Nieves will start behind the dish.



Wed, Jun 9



</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr class="tableBody" bgcolor="#f8f8f2"><td valign="top"><nobr>Alcides Escobar, Mil SS</nobr>
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</nobr><nobr>Milwaukee Brewers</nobr>
</td><td valign="top">Escobar is not in the Brewers' lineup against the Cubs Wednesday, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports.
Spin:
As a result, Craig Counsell is starting at shortstop and batting leadoff Wednesday in place of Escobar, who went 0-for-3 Tuesday.



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