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  • Kyle Schwarber DH | PHI

    Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Cranks three-run homer

    Schwarber went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Friday's 8-0 win over the Blue Jays.

    Schwarber handed the Phillies a four-run lead in the second inning, when he took Kevin Gausman deep to center field for a 410-foot, three-run homer. Schwarber has struggled at the plate since the beginning of June (5-for-38), but he has gone long in back-to-back games and his 22 home runs this season ranks second in the National League behind Shohei Ohtani (23).

  • Jesse Winker DH | NYM

    Mets' Jesse Winker: Multiple weeks away from return

    Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns said Friday that Winker (oblique) is multiple weeks away from beginning a rehab assignment, Laura Albanese of Newsday reports.

    Winker suffered a Grade 2 oblique strain against the Cardinals on May 4 and has done very little in terms of baseball activities since. Prior to being injured, Winker slashed .239/.321/.418 with one home run, 10 RBI, eight runs scored, one stolen base and a 9:20 BB:K across 78 plate appearances.

  • Seiya Suzuki DH | CHC

    Cubs' Seiya Suzuki: Blasts 17th home run

    Suzuki went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Pirates.

    Suzuki hit his 17th home run of the season in the sixth inning, and he remains one behind Pete Crow-Armstrong for the team lead, as the latter hit 18th long ball of the year in the contest as well. Suzuki's career best in home runs is 21, which he recorded last year, and he seems well on his way to surpassing that figure if he stays healthy the rest of the way.

  • Giants' Wilmer Flores: Doubles in defeat

    Flores went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored in Thursday's 8-7 loss to the Rockies.

    The 33-year-old lined a double into center field during the fifth inning before coming around to score the Giants' final run. He added a single in the ninth, marking his third multi-hit performance over his last six games. Flores has logged at least one hit in five of those six outings, batting .348 with five runs scored, four RBI and a home run across 27 plate appearances during that span.

  • Brewers' Christian Yelich: Back in action Thursday

    Yelich (wrist) will return to the starting lineup Thursday against the Cardinals, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.

    After missing two starts against Atlanta due to a swollen right wrist, Yelich seems to be feeling well enough to rejoin the starting nine for Thursday's series opener. The 33-year-old outfielder showed flashes of his old self at the end of May and beginning of June but has since cooled off, going just 3-for-17 with eight strikeouts across his last five games.

  • Jared Young DH | NYM

    Mets' Jared Young: Losing out on starts vs. RHPs

    Young is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Nationals.

    Young is hitting just .174 over 11 games since getting called up from Triple-A Syracuse on May 24, though three of his four hits have gone for extra bases. Even so, the Mets don't appear motivated to deploy the left-handed-hitting Young in the strong side of a platoon at designated hitter. Young will hit the bench Thursday for the third time in five matchups against a right-handed starting pitcher (Mike Soroka) while the Mets go with Starling Marte at DH.

  • Pavin Smith DH | ARI

    Diamondbacks' Pavin Smith: Snaps homer drought

    Smith went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 5-2 win over Seattle.

    Smith finished off the Diamondbacks' five-run sixth inning with his fifth homer of the season. It was the first round-tripper in 40 games (since April 22) for Smith, who incidentally is slashing .213/.336/.296 over 128 plate appearances since his last home run. He still maintains a .277 batting average thanks to a .402 BABIP, but Statcast pegs his expected batting average to be .225.

  • Kyle Schwarber DH | PHI

    Phillies' Kyle Schwarber: Big day against Cubbies

    Schwarber went 1-for-3 with a walk, a solo home run, a second run scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 7-2 win over the Cubs.

    The 32-year-old slugger swiped his fifth bag of the year in the first inning on a double steal before coming around to score, and Schwarber then obliterated a Ben Brown fastball in the third, sending it 431 feet to right field with an exit velocity of 109.6 mph. Schwarber's .921 OPS so far this season would be his best performance in that category since he posted a career-high .928 in 2021, and through 68 games he's left the yard 21 times, putting him on pace for a shot at his first career 50-homer campaign.

  • Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: Passes franchise legend Wednesday

    McCutchen went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Marlins.

    The 38-year-old launched a hanging splitter from Cal Quantrill to center field in the fifth inning, giving Pittsburgh a 4-0 lead. The homer was the sixth of the season for McCutchen, and his 241st in a Pirates uniform -- passing the immortal Roberto Clemente on the franchise's all-time list and putting him into third place behind two other Hall of Famers, Ralph Kiner (301) and Willie Stargell (475). Through 60 games this season, McCutchen is slashing .263/.354/.405 with 21 runs and 25 RBI.

  • Josh Bell DH | WAS

    Nationals' Josh Bell: Not in Wednesday's lineup

    Bell is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets.

    Andres Chaparro is in the designated hitter spot versus lefty David Peterson and could cut into Bell's playing time against southpaws moving forward. The switch-hitting Bell is just 2-for-39 at the dish versus left-handed pitching this season.

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