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McMahon is not in Saturday's lineup against the Dodgers.

With lefty Clayton Kershaw on the hill, McMahon will head to the bench. Garrett Hampson starts at second base, hitting sixth.

Anderson went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and three RBI in Friday's 6-2 win over the Phillies.

His two-run shot off Vince Velasquez in the third inning proved to be the winning hit, giving the Marlins a 3-0 lead at the time. Anderson has put together a strong month of June, slashing .292/.376/.563 with six long balls and 16 RBI in 25 games, and his 11 homers on the year has already tied his total from last season in about half the time (79 games vs. 156).

Newman went 1-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in a 3-2 victory over the Brewers on Friday.

The rookie again extended his hitting streak to 18 games, homering in each of the last three games. During his streak, Newman is hitting .378 (28-for-74) with nine extra-base hits, 14 RBI and nine runs. On the year, he is batting .330 with five home runs, 29 RBI and 20 runs in 191 at-bats. The power surge is especially impressive given that Newman never hit more than five home runs in any of his four minor-league seasons.

Muncy went 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBI and a walk in Friday's 13-9 loss to the Rockies.

Muncy's blast came in the sixth inning to cut the score to 10-8, and he added an RBI single in the eighth inning to bring the Dodgers within one, but they were unable to tie the game. The infielder is up to 20 homers, 57 RBI and 52 runs scored in 81 games this season. He now has three homers in his last two games.

Arenado went 4-for-5 with a double, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Friday's 13-9 win over the Dodgers.

Arenado made himself the centerpiece of the Rockies' offense Friday, getting them on the board with his homer in the first inning before scoring on an error as part of an eight-run fifth inning. The third baseman finished a triple shy of the cycle, snapping a recent 0-for-12 skid. Arenado has reached 20 homers for the fifth consecutive year and is hitting .321/.384/.584 in the midst of another excellent season.

Riley went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and a second run scored in Friday's 6-2 win over the Mets.

The rookie had been stuck in a 1-for-15 mini-slump with seven strikeouts before he took Jacob deGrom deep in the second inning. Riley is now slashing .274/.329/.580 through his first 41 big-league games with 13 homers and 36 RBI.

Longoria is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Diamondbacks, according to Kerry Crowley of The San Jose Mercury News.

Longoria will be held out in favor of Pablo Sandoval for the second time in three games. This has been a trend at the hot corner for the Giants of late, as including Friday's contest, both players will have started four times over an eight-game stretch.

Escobar entered Thursday's game in the sixth inning and went 1-for-2 with an RBI in a 5-1 win over the Giants.

Escobar started the day in Florida, where his two sons received their green cards, and was back in San Francisco in time for the game, but manager Torey Lovullo kept him out of the starting lineup. He's batting just .214 (12-for-56) with two extra-base hits over the last 16 games.

McMahon went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and two runs scored during Thursday's 12-8 loss to the Dodgers.

McMahon singled and scored in the second inning before crushing a 479-foot home run to center field in the seventh. The impressive blast was even more notable considering that McMahon came in with just one hit in his previous 23 at-bats and hadn't hit a home run in his last 22 games. He will hope to draw some confidence from this effort but will face a tough matchup in the second game of the series against Hyun-Jin Ryu.

Muncy went 3-for-4 with two home runs, three RBI, three runs scored and a walk during Thursday's 12-8 win over the Rockies.

Muncy got on the board with a solo home run in the second inning and added a two-run shot in the seventh to complete his big game. He came in with just one hit in his last 12 at-bats, so perhaps a four-game set at Coors Field came at just the right time for the slugger. Muncy's OPS now sits at an impressive .932 for the season.