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Ketel Marte is not in the Diamondbacks' starting lineup for Sunday's showdown against the Rockies in Colorado.

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Ketel Marte is sitting out Sunday's game against the Rockies as a routine day off. Ildemaro Vargas will cover second base and Jose Fernandez will start at first base for the Diamondbacks.

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There doesn't appear to be any sort of illness or injury at play here, it's just a routine day off for the hard-hitting second baseman. Ildemaro Vargas will slide over and cover second base while Jose Fernandez starts at first base and will bat eighth for the Diamondbacks against Michael Lorenzen and the Rockies.