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Bohm is on the bench for Saturday's game against the Reds.

Make it four of the last five games that Bohm has failed to make the starting lineup, probably due in part to his defensive woes and .200 average with 10 strikeouts in his last 10 contests. Ronald Torreyes is playing third base and batting seventh Saturday.

Tellez (knee) is batting fifth and playing first base in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Pirates.

The 26-year-old was limited the past few days by right knee discomfort, but he's back in action Saturday afternoon. Tellez has gone 8-for-28 with a home run and six RBI since the beginning of August.

Cron went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a strikeout as Colorado was defeated by San Francisco on Friday.

Cron singled home a run in the first and doubled in the sixth and eighth to record his second three-hit game this month. The slugging first baseman has opened August hot, going 15-for-36 with four home runs and two doubles in 10 games.

Flores went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and a strikeout in a 5-4 triumph over the Rockies on Friday.

Flores took Colorado starter Austin Gomber deep to left center in the first inning to give San Francisco an early lead and later tacked on a single in the seventh. Following an 0-for-9 stretch across six games, the infielder is 3-for-8 with a double and a homer across his last two contests.

Votto went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Friday's 6-1 win over Philadelphia.

While he's cooled off a bit from his historic power-hitting run in late July, the first baseman has still homered five times in his last 11 games. Votto opened the scoring Friday with his fourth-inning blast, giving him 26 home runs on the year. Fifteen of those homers have come since the All-Star break. He sports a sturdy .285/.375/.585 slash line with 75 RBI, 48 runs scored and a stolen base through 365 plate appearances overall.

Wade isn't in the lineup Friday against the Rockies, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

Wade is in the midst of a seven-game hitting streak, and he's homered in each of the last two contests. However, he'll get a breather while Kris Bryant, Austin Slater and Mike Yastrzemski start in the outfield from left to right.

Smith is not in the lineup Friday against the Dodgers, Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News reports.

Smith is actually hitting much better against lefties than righties this season (.848 OPS versus LHP, .648 OPS versus RHP), but he'll nonetheless take a seat Friday with Julio Urias pitching for Los Angeles. Kevin Pillar will start in left field and bat seventh for New York.

Bohm is not in the lineup Friday versus Cincinnati, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports.

Bohm will take a seat for the third time in the past four days, and he is 4-for-21 with nine strikeouts and also has four errors in his past eight contests. Ronald Torreyes will receive another look at the hot corner Friday.

Tellez (knee) is not in the lineup Friday against the Pirates.

Tellez will remain on the bench for the second straight contest after leaving Wednesday's game with right knee discomfort. Manager Craig Counsell said the 26-year-old is feeling better Friday, but the team elected to give him an extra day to recover, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports. Eduardo Escobar will shift to first base while Luis Urias starts at the hot corner.

Cronenworth went 3-for-4 with a triple and an RBI in a 12-3 loss to the Diamondbacks on Thursday.

Cronenworth singled home a run in the first to give San Diego an early 2-0 lead, singled again in the sixth and tripled to right in the eighth. The infielder has now reached base in six straight games and recorded an extra-base hit in his last three.