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Ozuna went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a double, a walk and three total runs in an 8-5 win against the Phillies on Thursday.

Ozuna took Aaron Nola deep in the second inning for his 10th homer of the campaign. Eight of those have come over his past 17 contests, a stretch during which he is batting .333 (21-for-63) with 19 RBI. Ozuna was nearly unplayable early in the season, but he's turned things around in May, tying for fourth in the league with eight homers on the month so far.

Manager Aaron Boone said Thursday he's hoping Stanton (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment early next week, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.

Stanton was expected to begin a rehab assignment this weekend, though he isn't quite ready to take the final step in his recovery. At this point, his timeline to return appears to have been pushed back by only a few days.

Soler went 3-for-5 with a homer, two RBI and two runs scored in Thursday's loss against the Rockies.

Soler cut the Marlins' deficit to 6-4 with a two-run shot off Pierce Johnson in the ninth inning, his 15th homer of the season. The three-hit performance was Soler's fourth multi-hit effort in his last five games, and he's gone 11-for-23 with four homers and eight RBI in that span. With his recent torrid stretch, Soler is slashing .261/.337/.560 with 32 RBI and 29 runs scored through 205 plate appearances this season.

Winker isn't in the Brewers' lineup Thursday against the Giants.

The Giants will open the game with southpaw Scott Alexander before turning it over to their bullpen, so Winker will start Thursday's contest in the dugout. Darin Ruf will fill in as Milwaukee's designated hitter and bat second.

Vientos is out of the starting lineup again Thursday versus the Cubs.

Vientos has now started only four of a possible eight games since his May 17 promotion from Triple-A Syracuse. Daniel Vogelbach will handle DH duties and bat seventh Thursday against the Cubs and right-hander Kyle Hendricks. Brett Baty is at third base and batting fifth.

Blackmon is not in the lineup Thursday against the Marlins.

Blackmon tripled, drew a walk and scored a run in Wednesday night's loss to Miami. Elias Diaz will get a turn as the DH and bat third with left-hander Braxton Garrett on the mound for the Marlins in Thursday's matinee. Austin Wynns is catching and hitting ninth.

Ozuna went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in a 4-3 win against the Dodgers on Wednesday.

With the score tied 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning, Ozuna launched a monstrous 452-foot, two-run shot to center field. It was his ninth long ball of the season, seven of which have come since May 3. After hitting a miserable .085 though the end of April, Ozuna has turned things around with a huge month of May during which he is batting .328 (21-for-64) with seven homers, 18 RBI and 12 runs scored through 17 contests.

Ohtani went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's victory over the Red Sox.

Ohtani clubbed a 420-foot homer in the third inning for his only hit of the night. He is on pace for his third straight season of 30 home runs or more. Ohtani has been remarkably consistent this season and is on pace to top 90 runs and 90 RBI.

Soler went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two total runs scored in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Rockies.

Soler crushed a fastball 445 feet in the seventh inning to give him three homers in the last four games. The 31-year-old is tied for third in the big leagues in homers with 14. Soler already has more home runs than he did in 72 games last season and could top 40 homers for the second time in his career. May has treated Soler well, as he has a .631 slugging percentage this month and is up to an .872 OPS for the season.

Rooker is not in the starting lineup Wednesday at Seattle.

Rooker has pretty much been carrying the A's offense all year and will grab some well-earned rest in the third game of this four-game set against the Mariners. He's sitting on a .919 OPS with 11 home runs and 32 RBI through 43 games.