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Arenado went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk and three RBI in Saturday's 11-2 rout of the Red Sox.

Arenado kicked off a big offensive day for the Cardinals with a two-run homer to left field in the first inning. He later plated the team's 10th run with a single in the sixth. Arenado has gone deep in each of his past two games following a 25-game cold stretch during which he hit only two long balls and batted a paltry .221.

Escobar (impaired vision) went 0-for-3 with a strikeout in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Marlins.

Escobar played the full game, so it appears he's past the headaches and dizziness that kept him out of the last two contests. He didn't do anything to end his skid at the plate, however -- he's 0-for-14 in his last four games, dropping his season slash line to .233/.297/.392 in 259 plate appearances.

McMahon went 3-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in a 5-4 win over San Diego on Saturday.

McMahon singled in the second, walked in the fourth, singled again in the fifth and smacked the game-winning home run in the eighth to record his first three-hit game of the season. The long ball was the 27-year-old's first since May 16 as he currently sports a .374 slugging that would be the worst mark of his five-year career.

Escobar (impaired vision) is starting Saturday's game against Miami, Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News reports.

Escobar missed the last two games while dealing with headaches and dizziness, but he'll start at the hot corner and bat seventh during Saturday's matchup. Over the three games prior to his absence, he went 0-for-11 with an RBI, a walk and six strikeouts.

Wisdom isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Atlanta, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports.

Wisdom started every game over the last month but will get a breather after he went 4-for-16 with a walk and five strikeouts over the last five games. Jonathan Villar is starting at third base while Andrelton Simmons starts at the keystone.

Sosa has started just six of the Cardinals' 17 games in June.

Sosa is mired in an 0-for-14 skid across his last seven games, and he's failed to take hold of a starting role at shortstop. With the emergence of rookies Nolan Gorman and Brendan Donovan, Tommy Edman has been pushed to shortstop against most right-handed pitchers. Sosa's lack of hitting -- he has a .188/.233/.235 slash line in 90 plate appearances -- could also put his spot on the 26-man roster at risk. Paul DeJong has clubbed nine home runs with 29 RBI and 22 runs scored in 31 games since he was sent down to Triple-A Memphis, though he's only batted .228 in that stretch, and his flash of power could eventually see him overtake Sosa again on the organizational depth chart.

Arenado went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Friday's 6-5 loss to the Red Sox.

Arenado hit a game-tying solo shot in the second inning, but the Red Sox later pulled ahead and the Cardinals' comeback fell short. Through 15 games in June, the third baseman has gone 17-for-58 (.293) with three homers, 10 RBI and nine runs. He's been fairly steady all year with a .276/.349/.491 slash line, 12 long balls, 42 RBI, 29 runs and 14 doubles in 62 contests while remaining a fixture in the heart of the order.

Escobar (impaired vision) plans to play Saturday against the Marlins, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports.

Escobar hasn't played since Thursday while dealing with headaches and dizziness which reportedly stemmed from pressure in his ears. He had to go to the hospital to sort the issue out, but he's seemingly been treated successfully, so he's ready to play again Saturday.

Anderson (back) will hit live batting practice Saturday, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.

He had only been hitting off a tee and throwing medicine balls, so this is a step in the right direction. Anderson is recovering from a mild disc bulge in his lumbar spine, and it's unclear how capable he is of getting in defensive work yet.

Kennedy's contract was selected from Triple-A Reno on Friday. He is starting at designated hitter and batting sixth against the Twins.

A bat-first prospect, Kennedy slashed .340/.427/.472 with two home runs, three triples and seven doubles while striking out at a 19.3 percent clip and walking 14 percent of the time over his last 39 games at Triple-A. Jake McCarthy was optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding move. As a right-handed hitter, it's possible Kennedy will be limited to mostly short-side platoon work, and he is starting against a southpaw (Devin Smeltzer) in his big-league debut.