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Winker went 3-for-3 with a walk, two home runs and three RBI in a 6-1 win over the Brewers during the first game of Thursday's doubleheader.

The 27-year-old had been in a bit of a slump, going 3-for-21 with zero RBI over his prior six games, but Winker's bat snapped back to life in impressive fashion in Thursday's matinee. On the season he's now hitting .325 with eight homers, but only 13 RBI, through 29 contests.

Pederson went 2-for-2 with a solo home run, a double and another run scored during Thursday's win over the Giants.

Pederson accounted for all of the scoring in the second half of Thursday's twin bill against the Giants, helping Los Angeles complete a doubleheader sweep. The 28-year-old got the scoring started with a solo shot off Kevin Gausman in the second inning. He then doubled and scored in the fourth. The long ball was the fifth of the year for Pederson, who is batting just .218/.330/.449 across 27 games.

Dickerson is in the starting lineup for Game 2 of Thursday's doubleheader against the Dodgers, batting sixth and playing left field.

Dickerson sat Game 1 with the Giants going up against Clayton Kershaw, but he's back in the fold for Game 2. The Dodgers are going with lefty Caleb Ferguson, but Giants manager Gabe Kapler is likely banking on it being a short start for the southpaw.

Ruf is not in the starting lineup for Game 2 of Thursday's doubleheader against the Dodgers.

Ruf started Game 1 of the twin bill against Clayton Kershaw, but will return to the bench despite lefty Caleb Ferguson starting Game 2 for the Dodgers.

Dickerson is not starting Game 1 of Thursday's doubleheader against the Dodgers.

Dickerson will stick on the bench for a second straight game with the Dodgers deploying another left-hander in Clayton Kershaw. Darin Ruf is once again starting in left field in his place.

Blackmon went 1-for-4 with a grand slam and a walk in Wednesday's win over the Diamondbacks.

Blackmon essentially put the game out of reach for the Rockies with a grand slam in the top of the eighth that made it 8-1 for Colorado and, although Arizona came just one run away from forcing extra innings, the Rockies came through and got the win. This was Blackmon's fourth homer of the season and first one since Aug. 7. The star centerfielder, who hovered around the .400 mark earlier this season, has slowed down of late and is "only" hitting .289 with a .767 OPS in his last 10 games.

Carpenter will bat sixth and start at third base Wednesday against the Royals, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

Carpenter was originally set to be on the bench, but he'll join the starting nine with Dexter Fowler sitting out the game in protest of the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Dickerson is not starting Wednesday against the Dodgers, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Dickerson is on the bench for a second straight game with the Dodgers deploying another left-hander in Clayton Kershaw. Darin Ruf is once again starting in left field in his place.

Carpenter is not starting Wednesday against the Royals.

Carpenter has started 13 consecutive games for the Cardinals, going 9-for-41 with one home run, 10 RBI and a 7:15 BB:K during that span. Brad Miller is serving as the DH and hitting cleanup in place of Carpenter on Wednesday.

Belt went 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double, five total RBI and a walk in Tuesday's win over the Dodgers.

Belt got off to a slow start this season and was hitting .128 with a .458 OPS as recently as Aug. 15, but he seems to have turned a corner since then. Across his past nine games, the veteran has gone 16-for-28 (.571) with four homers, 10 RBI, a 4:4 BB:K and a .625 on-base percentage, so it's safe to say his struggles are behind him. Belt has also produced multi-hit games in each of his last three outings.