MLB Player News

Smith went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk and two runs scored in Monday's 5-2 win over the Cubs.

The 26-year-old snapped an 0-for-21 skid with the performance. It's been a tough season so far for Smith, but he's hit three of his five homers through 12 games in June despite a lackluster .225 batting average.

Rizzo went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 5-2 loss to the Mets.

It's the third homer in the last six games for the first baseman, giving him eight long balls on the year. Rizzo has found his stroke at the plate in June, slashing .286/.327/.531 with 11 RBI in 13 games as he looks to erase a sluggish start to the season.

Votto went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, an additional RBI, an additional run scored and a walk in Monday's win over Milwaukee.

Votto socked his eighth homer of the season with a seventh-inning blast off reliever Eric Yardley. The veteran first baseman has been displaying lots of power of late with three homers over his last five contests. Votto has also hit safely in five straight games.

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

Goldschmidt was one of four Cardinals that recorded more than one knock. and the star first baseman was quite involved in the team's offense -- he delivered an RBI single that scored Tommy Edman in the fifth and later crossed home plate after an RBI groundout from Paul DeJong. The slugger is only hitting .248, but he's been turning things around of late with hits in seven of his last nine contests and a .293 average for June so far.

Bell went 1-for-3 with a walk in Monday's victory over the Pirates.

Bell went 0-for-4 at the dish in Saturday's twin bill, but he managed to walk in the third inning and singled to center in the sixth during Monday's series opener. He's now 9-for-36 with a home run and two RBI in June (12 games).

Flores is not starting Monday against the Diamondbacks, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Flores hit the bench after starting six of the last seven games. He hasn't done much at the plate this season, hitting just .231/.315/.343 through 162 plate appearances. Jason Vosler will take over at third base in his abence.

Cronenworth is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets.

San Diego manager Jayce Tingler will stock up some extra right-handed bats against Mets lefty Joey Lucchesi in the series finale, so the lefty-hitting Cronenworth will head to the bench for the first time this month. The righty-hitting Ha-Seong Kim will fill in for Cronenworth at the keystone.

Bell is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants.

The lefty-hitting Bell typically starts against right-handed pitching, but he'll be on the bench Sunday even with righty Johnny Cueto on the bump for San Francisco. Bell had previously sat out the second half of Saturday's doubleheader when the Giants had a lefty (Conner Menez) lead off a bullpen game, so the first baseman will be sitting for the second game in a row. Ryan Zimmerman gets another start in Bell's stead.

Wade is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals.

For the first time since June 1, Wade will head to the bench, ending a streak of nine consecutive starts. With the Giants bringing Mike Yastrzemski back from the 10-day injured list Saturday, Wade's path to an everyday role in the San Francisco outfield could become more blocked. Wade and Steven Duggar will likely be competing for one spot in the Giants' regular outfield alongside Yastrzemski and Mike Tauchman.

Bohm went 2-for-5 with a pair of run-scoring singles in Saturday's 8-7 win over the Yankees.

Bohm drove in Bryce Harper to extend the Phillies' lead to 4-0 in the first inning and later added another RBI knock in the fifth. While Bohm is still slashing a subpar .224/.266/.311 on the campaign, he's shown signs of turning things around of late, going 6-for-13 with three RBI and three runs scored across his last four games.