MLB Player News

Turner (hamstring) is starting at third base and batting third Tuesday at San Francisco, Alanna Rizzo of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports.

The 35-year-old sat out Sunday's contest with a sore hamstring after being hit by a pitch a day prior, but he's good to go coming out of Monday's scheduled off day. Turner has a .272/.372/.408 slash line with two homers through 28 games this season.

Blackmon (quadriceps) is starting in left field and batting cleanup Tuesday against the Diamondbacks.

He was scratched from Monday's lineup with left quadriceps tightness, and thankfully it will be just a one-game absence, although sometimes this type of injury pops back up. Blackmon is hitting .282 with zero home runs in 39 at-bats over his last 10 games, five of which came away from Coors Field.

Dickerson is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Dodgers.

The lefty-hitting Dickerson will head to the pine with southpaw Julio Urias on the hill for L.A. Darin Ruf will start in left field and bat seventh.

Miller went 3-for-4 with three singles, a walk and two runs scored in Monday's 9-3 win over Kansas City.

Miller got the start at third base as Tommy Edman shifted to second and Kolten Wong got the night off. The utility man made an impact hitting in front of Paul Goldschmidt, racking up three knocks and a walk while coming around to score twice. Miller has his OPS up to a robust 1.133 on the campaign and he figures to continue to see his fair share of at-bats going forward.

Blackmon was scratched from Monday's lineup against Arizona with left quadriceps tightness, Nick Groke of The Athletic reports.

Blackmon was slated to start in right field and bat third, but he's since been scratched. He'll be considered day-to-day until another update is provided by the club. Sam Hilliard will get the nod in right field in Blackmon's place Monday evening.

Dickerson went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Giants.

Dickerson's three-run shot in the seventh inning gave the Giants 5-1 lead that would be enough to pull out the victory. It was the third homer of the season for the 30-year-old outfielder who now owns a .685 OPS.

Manager Dave Roberts said he expects Turner (hamstring) to return to the lineup Tuesday against the Giants, David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports.

Turner is sitting out Sunday's series finale in Colorado after he was hit in the hamstring by a pitch a day earlier, but his absence looks to be mostly precautionary, based on Roberts' comments. Even if the hamstring issue prevents Turner from starting at third base Tuesday, he could still be eased back into action as the Dodgers' designated hitter.

Turner (hamstring) is not in the lineup Sunday against the Rockies, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports.

The 35-year-old is dealing with a sore hamstring after being hit by a pitch Saturday, and he'll take the day off Sunday. Turner will also have Monday's scheduled off day to aid in his recovery, so the Dodgers may just be exercising caution with the veteran. Max Muncy will move to third base while Matt Beaty starts at first in the series finale.

McCutchen went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Saturday's 6-5 loss to Atlanta.

His seventh-inning shot off Grant Dayton gave the Phillies a 4-0 lead before another late-inning disaster by the team's bullpen cost them the win. McCutchen appears to be coming around after a rough start to the season; over his last 12 games, he's hitting .286 (14-for-49) with both his homers on the year plus a steal, six runs and 11 RBI.

Harper went 1-for-2 with two walks, a home run and three RBI in Saturday's 6-5 loss to Atlanta.

His two-run shot off Robbie Erlin in the first inning gave the Phillies an early lead, but the team's bullpen once again fell apart late. Harper is in MVP form, going yard three times in his last five games, and on the season he's slashing a massive .343/.478/.714 with seven homers and 19 RBI through 22 games.