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Kinsler is not in the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against Seattle, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.

Kinsler will hit the bench for the first time since June 23 after starting the past nine games. Over that span, he's hit just .189/.211/.297 with two extra-base hits and two RBI. David Fletcher will man second base in his stead.

Kinsler batted seventh and went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and a run scored in Saturday's 6-2 win over Baltimore.

Kinsler was demoted to seventh in the order after serving as the Halos' primary leadoff hitter for a good chunk of the season. The move could be related to the second baseman's poor on-base skills this year (.218 batting average and .280 on-base percentage), coupled with his recent surge in power (eight homers in the month of June). In an ironic twist of fate, Kinsler responded by reaching base three times for the first time since June 10. Kole Calhoun led off and went 0-for-5 Saturday, so it's unclear how long this new lineup configuration will stick.

Kinsler went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Wednesday's loss to the Red Sox.

Kinsler provided one of two long balls hit off of Rick Porcello, but it wasn't enough to match Boston's offensive onslaught Wednesday. The veteran owns a disappointing .216/.279/.392 slash line on the year, but he has picked things up in the power department with eight of his 11 homers coming in the month of June.

Kinsler is not in the lineup Saturday against the Blue Jays.

Over a 20-game stretch from May 29 to June 19, Kinsler hit .310 with a eight home runs and a 1.055 OPS, though he's since gone hitless in his last two games. David Fletcher will get the start at second base in his place.

Kinsler went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk and two runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Diamondbacks.

Kinsler took starter Matt Koch deep in the first inning for his 10th homer of the year. Kinsler now has a hit in three consecutive games, but he's still sitting at a lackluster .225 batting average on the year. The 35-year-old is really struggling against lefties this year (hitting .161 with one home run) whereas he's doing moderately well against righties (.247 average with nine homers). Kinsler has an impressively low strikeout rate of 8.3 percent, but he concurrently has a .210 BABIP which helps account for his mediocre batting average.