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Hayes went 2-for-4 with a double and a walk in Wednesday's 14-3 loss to Atlanta.

He's 6-for-13 with three doubles and a homer in his last three starts. Hayes has also walked twice in that stretch after walking only once in his prior 10 games. After seeing his batting average fall to a season-low .245 on July 4, the third baseman has lifted his average 14 points in three games to .269.

Farmer (soreness) is starting Thursday against the Brewers, C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic reports.

Manager David Bell said that part of the reason Farmer was held out of Wednesday's lineup was due to "body soreness," but he'll be back in action a day later. The 30-year-old will start at shortstop and bat eighth.

McMahon went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Wednesday's 6-4 loss to Arizona.

McMahon notched two base hits earlier on and then doubled home a run in the eighth to bring the Rockies within three. The 26-year-old has two multi-hit games in the first week of July but has shown some regression in the power department. He hasn't hit a home run since June 15 and has just three since June 1 after hitting 13 over the first two months of the season. For the year, McMahon is slashing .255/.316/.480 with 16 homers, 46 RBI, 48 runs scored, four steals and a 27:86 BB:K over 326 plate appearances.

Escobar went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 6-4 win over Colorado.

Escobar's three-run blast in the seventh inning increased the Diamondbacks' lead to 6-1. It looked like superfluous insurance, but it became necessary when the Rockies plated three in the top of the eighth to close the gap. It was the second homer in five games for Escobar, who is 7-for-14 with five RBI and four runs scored during that stretch. Arizona's lone representative at the All-Star game has 19 home runs and 58 RBI through 84 games.

Peterson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in a 4-3 loss to the Mets in Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader.

Peterson went yard off Mets ace Jacob deGrom in the fifth inning. Factoring in Luis Urias' leadoff homer, Milwaukee was the first team to hit multiple long balls in one game off deGrom. Peterson was then the inning-opening runner in an eighth inning considered an extra frame, and he scored when Christian Yelich was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. The 30-year-old Peterson is up to four homers, 19 RBI and 20 runs scored through 38 games.

Davis (hand) isn't expected to be reinstated from the 10-day injured list ahead of the All-Star break, Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News reports.

Davis has been recovering from a sprained left hand since the beginning of May, and he's made four rehab appearances at Triple-A Syracuse in the last week. He's gone 2-for-9 with a double, an RBI, three walks and three strikeouts in his rehab stint, and the Mets were initially optimistic that he could be reinstated from the injured list as early as this weekend. However, manager Luis Rojas said Wednesday he doesn't "feel strongly" the 28-year-old will return ahead of the All-Star break, so it appears as though the team will take a cautious approach before clearing Davis to return.

Manager David Bell said that part of the reason Farmer is not starting Wednesday is that he's dealing with "body soreness," Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports.

It doesn't sound like the soreness is something that will make Farmer entirely unavailable for a period of time, but Bell said that "the more rest he can get, the better." The shortstop figures to be available off the bench Wednesday against the Royals and seems likely to rejoin the starting nine Thursday in Milwaukee.

Farmer isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Royals.

Farmer returned to the lineup Tuesday and went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and a double in the loss to Kansas City. However, he'll get a breather for Wednesday's series finale while Mike Freeman takes over at shortstop and bats ninth.

Machado went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Nationals.

Machado came around to score all three times he reached base and also delivered a go-ahead RBI single to right-center field in the fifth inning to complement his two doubles. The 28-year-old has had a nice run to end of the first half of the season, slashing .344/.404/.667 with eight homers, 25 RBI, 24 runs scored, three steals and a 12:12 BB:K across 27 games since June 7.

Sosa went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored Tuesday in a 6-5 win over San Francisco.

Sosa came into the contest without a hit in July, going 0-for-8 through four games. He turned things around with his second three-hit performance of the season. Sosa came through with a solo shot in the eighth inning for what proved to be the difference in the narrow win. The infielder is slashing .255/.335/.340 overall on the campaign.