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Murphy is out of Tuesday's lineup against the Marlins, Mark Zuckerman of MASNsports.com reports.
The Nationals are quite comfortable in the National League East (14-game lead), so Murphy and other veterans can expect to receive the occasional day off down the stretch. He is hitting .305/.357/.578 with seven home runs over his last 128 at-bats, which actually qualifies as a semi-cold stretch by his standards, at least in terms of batting average. Adrian Sanchez will start at second base and hit second.
