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Cronenworth went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 8-7 loss to Colorado.

The 27-year-old entered the game as a defensive replacement in the fifth inning. In the sixth, he hit a solo home run -- just his second homer since May 21 -- which brought San Diego within a run. Cronenworth hasn't been a huge power threat with just seven homers in 69 contests this year. He's added a .272/.338/.412 slash line with 21 RBI, 42 runs scored and three stolen bases across 286 plate appearances.

Bell went 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run home run in Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Pirates.

He got some revenge against his former squad, taking David Bednar deep in the seventh inning for the game's decisive runs. Bell has yet to put together any kind of hot streak for the Nats but he has shown some signs of life at the plate lately, going 10-for-34 (.294) over his last 10 games with two of his nine homers on the year.

Cron went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 8-7 win over San Diego.

Cron went deep off San Diego starter Blake Snell in the first inning. The long ball was the first baseman's second in the last three games after going 24 straight games without a homer. For the year, Cron is slashing .250/.357/.429 with seven homers, 21 RBI and 26 runs scored across 196 plate appearances. He continues to log regular playing time at first base over Joshua Fuentes.

Walker is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Giants.

He receives a day off following a strong, 2-for-5 effort Tuesday with three RBI. It was Walker's third multi-hit showing in his last seven games, a stretch during which he's gone 7-for-25 with a homer, five RBI and just two strikeouts. Pavin Smith gets the start at first base Wednesday.

Flores is not starting Wednesday's game against the Diamondbacks, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

He receives his second game off in three days as Jason Vosler fills in at third base. Flores has recorded a hit in each of his last four games, but he's still hitting just .143 with one RBI in his last nine contests.

Higgins (forearm) was transferred to the 60-day injured list Wednesday, Gordon Wittenmyer of NBC Sports Chicago reports.

The backup catcher is now set to miss an extended time with his strained right forearm, keeping Jose Lobaton in that role until Austin Romine (wrist) returns near the end of the month. It remains unclear exactly how long Higgins will be sidelined.

Cronenworth isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Rockies.

Cronenworth will get a breather after he went 1-for-7 with a run across the last two games. Ha-Seong Kim will start at second base and bat seventh.

Walker went 2-for-5 with a double, three RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 9-8 loss to the Giants.

Walker, who has been held out of the lineup against right-handers at times, has started seven of the last eight contests, including four of five against righties. The first baseman is 8-for-28 with three extra-base hits, five RBI and seven runs scored as a starter during that stretch. The average is still a meager .212, but he's making better contact.

Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a home run and an additional RBI in Tuesday's win over the Marlins.

Goldschmidt was the main reason why the Cardinals came out on top in this low-scoring affair, as he was involved in all the offense St. Louis would be able to muster. The star first baseman plated a run in the sixth following an RBI single that scored Jose Rondon, and he later delivered the game-winning home run with a walkoff bomb off Yimi Garcia in the ninth. Goldschmidt, who's now recorded back-to-back two-hit performances, has hit safely in eight of the Cardinals' last 10 games.

Wade is not in the starting lineup Tuesday against the Diamondbacks, Mark W. Sanchez of KNBR 680 San Francisco reports.

Wade is unlikely to see many starts against southpaws, so his absence from Tuesday's lineup comes as no surprise with San Francisco facing lefty Alex Young. He should continue to see semi-consistent starts against righties, though Mike Yastrzemski's recent return from the injured list could lead to fewer at-bats for Wade going forward.