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Miller went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk during Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Reds.

The veteran infielder entered the series with only two home runs through 18 games, but he apparently loves Great American Ball Park with three homers in the past two days. Miller has taken over the everyday role as the Cardinals' designated hitter with a .333/.464/.667 slash line and 19 RBI.

Ozuna went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two RBI and a run scored Wednesday against the Red Sox.

One game after blasting three home runs, Ozuna stayed hot at the plate by slugging a solo home run Wednesday. He now has 12 long balls on the season. Besides his power production, Ozuna has collected at least one hit in 14 of his last 15 games, during which he's slugged eight home runs while also collecting 20 RBI and scoring 12 runs. Overall, he's maintained a .301/.390/.624 line across 154 plate appearances.

Harper went 1-for-2 with three walks and a stolen base Tuesday in the Phillies' 6-0 win over the Nationals.

Harper is batting 4-for-27 with no home runs over his last eight games, but he's been more of an asset in on-base percentage leagues during that stretch, racking up 10 walks against seven strikeouts. The fact that Harper has stayed healthy and remained active on the bases (5-for-5 on steal attempts) has allowed him to justify his draft-day cost, regardless of league format. He'll be in the lineup again for Wednesday's series finale, marking his 31st start in the Phillies' 32 games to date.

Belt is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rockies.

After notching three hits in Tuesday's 23-5 romp to boost his season average to .337, Belt will take a seat in the series finale with a lefty (Kyle Freeland) on the bump for Colorado. Wilmer Flores will spell Belt at first base and bat cleanup.

Belt went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk and three runs scored Tuesday in the Giants' 23-5 win over the Rockies.

Belt was one of five Giants to record three hits on a night where the team finished with 27, the most by a National League club since May 1999. He's now turned in six multi-hit efforts in his last nine starts to bring his season-long OPS up to 1.052, a top-10 mark among all players with at least 90 plate appearances.

Ozuna went 3-for-5 with three home runs and six RBI in Tuesday's 10-3 win over the Red Sox.

He took Ryan Weber deep in the first inning to give Atlanta an early lead, then clobbered Kyle Hart offerings in the seventh and eighth to help put the game out of reach. It was the first three-homer game of Ozuna's career, and he also became the first National League player in history with a three-homer performance in Fenway Park. On the season, Ozuna's slashing .295/.383/.605 -- with the latter two figures representing career highs if he can keep them up -- with 11 home runs and 29 RBI through 35 games.

Dickerson went 5-for-6 with three home runs, two doubles, five runs scored, six RBI and a walk in Tuesday's 23-5 destruction of the Rockies.

Dickerson entered the contest with four home runs in 97 plate appearances. He nearly doubled that total with Tuesday's momentous performance, falling a few feet short of tying the big-league record of four homers in a game when he crushed a 414-foot double in his final at-bat. Among multiple historic footnotes, Dickerson tied Willie Mays' franchise record of 16 total bases in one game and became the 15th major-leaguer in history to collect five extra-base hits in a contest. He also joined Kris Bryant and Matt Carpenter as the only big-leaguers to total three home runs and two doubles in one game. Finally, the five-hit game raised Dickerson's season average a full 40 points, from .221 to .261.

McCutchen went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and a walk during Tuesday's 6-0 win over Washington.

The veteran outfielder came to the plate during the sixth inning with a pair of runners on base, and he launched a 410-foot shot to left to double the Phillies' 3-0 lead. McCutchen is 22-for-65 (.338 average) with five homers, three doubles, 18 RBI and three stolen bases in his last 15 games.

Miller went 4-for-6 with two home runs, a double, seven RBI and an additional run scored during Tuesday's 16-2 win at Cincinnati.

It's the 30-year-old's second two-homer game of the season, and the seven RBI set a career-high mark. Miller finished a triple short of the cycle, with each of his four hits bringing home at least one run. He has a .317/.450/.619 slash line with four home runs, five doubles, 12 runs and 18 RBI in only 20 games this season.

Pederson is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Diamondbacks, Eric Stephen of SBNation.com reports.

It's business as usual for Pederson, as he'll head to the bench with lefty Alex Young pitching for Arizona. Enrique Hernandez starts in left field Tuesday for Los Angeles.