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Perdomo went 1-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored in Monday's 5-4 extra-inning win over the Royals.

Perdomo was back in the lineup a day after taking a line drive off the helmet. He had a run-scoring single as part of Arizona's five-run 10th inning.

De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a stolen base in Monday's 6-3 loss to the Dodgers.

De La Cruz has homered in three straight games and has multiple hits in five straight. The steal was his first since Aug. 29 against the Cubs and just his fifth on seven attempts since the start of August. The speedy shortstop is batting .281 with an .859 OPS, 24 homers, 25 steals, 67 RBI, 87 runs scored, 25 doubles and five triples over 125 contests this season.

Betts is absent from the lineup for Monday's contest versus the Reds.

It's a rare off day for Betts, who had started each of the previous 21 games for the Dodgers. Betts boasts a .952 OPS with three home runs and a 9:7 BB:K over his last 75 plate appearances. Alex Freeland will slot in at shortstop in Betts' stead Monday.

High-A Beloit placed Caba on its 7-day injured list Wednesday due to an unspecified injury.

Caba, 20, was slashing .236/.389/.378 with seven home runs and 21 stolen bases over 82 games with Beloit this season before landing on the shelf.

Abrams went 1-for-4 with a walk and a solo home run in Sunday's loss to the Dodgers.

The 25-year-old reached 30 homers on the season for the first time in his career with his fourth-inning shot off Justin Wrobleski. Abrams snapped a 19-game power drought with the blast, and during that 20-game span he's sagged to a .135/.247/.216 slash line. Despite the late-season slump, he sits just five RBI away from 100, and two steals shy of his first 30-30 campaign.

Lopez went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's win over the Cubs.

The steal was Lopez's 30th of the season, marking the first time in his career he's reached that plateau. Lopez has been bouncing around the batting order of late against right-handed pitching -- he hit seventh Sunday, the first time all year he's been in the bottom third -- but he's remained fairly productive, slashing .264/.298/.396 over his last 13 games with four extra-base hits including one homer, along with five steals, five RBI and eight runs.

Perdomo (head) will start at shortstop and bat leadoff in Monday's game versus the Royals.

Perdomo was struck in the helmet by a line drive off the bat of Ketel Marte when he was running the bases in Sunday's game against the Astros, forcing his exit. However, he did not experience concussion symptoms and will not have to miss a start.

Betts went 1-for-5 with a three-run homer and an additional RBI in Sunday's win against the Nationals.

The eight-time All-Star powered the Dodgers' offense despite collecting just one hit, as he started the scoring in the third inning with an RBI groundout before giving Los Angeles a 7-5 lead with a three-run blast in the eighth. It's already Betts' second four-RBI performance of September, as he's batting .360 (9-for-25) with three doubles, two homers, 11 RBI and six runs through the first six games of the month.

De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, two walks and four RBI in Sunday's 12-8 win over the Brewers.

De La Cruz launched a two-run blast in the fourth inning before driving in two more on a double in the fifth. The superstar has now hit safely in five straight games to open September, going 10-for-20 with two homers, six RBI and five runs scored over that span. For the year, he's slashing .280/.360/.492 with 23 home runs, 66 RBI, 86 runs scored and 24 steals across 556 plate appearances.

Manager Torey Lovullo said after Sunday's game against the Astros that Perdomo (head) is not in the concussion protocol, Jack Sommers of SI.com reports.

A scary incident unfolded in the third inning Sunday, when a ball off the bat of teammate Ketel Marte struck Perdomo in the helmet as Perdomo was running the bases. It seems he avoided a concussion, and further, Lovullo indicated the shortstop will be in the lineup Monday in Kansas City without missing a start.