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Berti exited Thursday's game against the Pirates due to a mild left groin strain, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.

Berti was removed from Thursday's matchup prior to the second inning after he sustained the groin injury while sliding into second base on a successful steal. It's encouraging the 32-year-old's injury is being classified as mild, and he should be considered day-to-day ahead of Friday's series opener against the Phillies.

Berti was removed ahead of the second inning of Thursday's game against the Pirates with an apparent injury, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.

Berti walked in his lone plate appearance in the bottom of the first inning and proceeded to record his MLB-leading 28th stolen base, but it came at the price of an injury. De Nicola notes that Berti appeared to suffer the injury in question while sliding into second base, though he stayed in the game for the remainder of the inning before he was replaced by Joey Wendle in the field for the top of the second. The Marlins should provide an update on the nature of Berti's injury later Thursday.

Lindor went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run and a second run scored in Wednesday's 7-3 win over Atlanta.

His third-inning blast off Charlie Morton gave the Mets a 4-0 lead and proved to be the game-winning hit. Lindor has hit safely in seven straight games and gone yard in three of the last six, boosting his slash line on the year to .244/.317/.433 with 16 homers, nine steals, 52 runs and 64 RBI through 88 contests.

Wendle is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Pirates, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.

Wendle will get a breather after he picked up starts out of the middle infield in each of the past four contests while going 3-for-13 with an RBI. Miguel Rojas will be back in the lineup after a one-game rest to start at shortstop Thursday, while Jon Berti occupies the keystone.

Cruz went 0-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base Wednesday against the Marlins.

Cruz did all of his damage in the fifth inning when he led off with a walk, stole second base and came around to score on a single by Ben Gamel. Cruz has had some growing pains in his first substantial stint in the majors, though he now has three stolen bases to go along with four home runs in 21 games. However, he's also hitting just .210 for the season, in large part due to a 34.9 percent strikeout rate across 86 plate appearances.

Castillo is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Marlins.

Castillo will take a seat against right-hander Pablo Lopez after he went 8-for-24 with two home runs, two walks, five RBI and two additional runs while starting each of the past seven games. With Bryan Reynolds (oblique) landing on the 10-day injured list Monday, the Pirates have a regular spot open in the outfield, and Castillo and Jake Marisnick look to be the primary candidates to play alongside Jack Suwinski and Ben Gamel. It'll be Marisnick who is rewarded with the start Wednesday after he hit home runs in both of his first two games since returning from the 60-day IL.

Rojas will sit Wednesday against the Pirates, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Rojas will get a breather after he went 0-for-7 with a run scored and a stolen base in the first two games of the series. Joey Wendle will slide over to shortstop while Bryan De La Cruz enters the lineup in left field and will bat eighth.

Rojas went 0-for-3 with a run scored and a stolen base in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Pirates.

The shortstop beat out a potential double-play grounder in the fifth inning, swiped second base and then came home on a Nick Fortes single. Rojas hasn't done much at the plate so far in July, going 9-for-36 (.250) with only one RBI, but he has stolen two of his six bases on the season during the month.

Mauricio, who hasn't started for Double-A Binghamton since July 3 due to a bruised hand, is expected to return to the lineup Wednesday, Tim Healey of Newsday reports.

Mauricio was able to make an appearance off the bench Tuesday as a pinch hitter, and assuming he didn't experience any setbacks with his hand, he should be back in action Wednesday either at designated hitter or shortstop. The 21-year-old is slashing .250/.283/.482 with 15 home runs and 11 stolen bases across 300 plate appearances with Binghamton on the season.

Turner went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and two additional runs during Tuesday's 7-6 loss to St. Louis.

Turner singled and scored in the third inning, slugged a two-run home run in the fifth and scored after reaching on catcher's interference in the seventh. The three runs mark the 29-year-old's most in a game this season while the home run was his fist since June 28, though Turner did log five doubles during the 11-game drought. The shortstop has heated up considerably during his last three games, batting 5-for-13 over his last three games after a prior 1-for-15 stretch.