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Witt went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and a stolen base in a 3-1 win Thursday in Toronto.

Witt hit a solo blast during the fifth inning and added an infield single and a stolen base in the eighth. Over his last 10 games, the 22-year-old is hitting .381/.409/.571 with two homers and thefts. The rookie shortstop has 13 home runs and 17 stolen bases through 85 games, putting him within reach of a potential 30-30 campaign.

Crawford was scratched from the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rangers for unspecified reasons, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.

Crawford took the field for warmups but was moving slowly and appeared to be in discomfort. There's no word on the exact nature of the injury. Abraham Toro has entered the lineup to play second base while Dylan Moore shifts to shortstop.

Smith is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Mariners.

Smith has a .244/.327/.366 slash line with one home run, nine RBI and six runs through 11 games in July, and he'll take a seat Thursday with southpaw Marco Gonzales on the mound for Seattle. Charlie Culberson will start at the hot corner and bat ninth.

Baez isn't starting Thursday's game against the Guardians.

Baez will get a breather after he went 5-for-14 with four doubles, three runs, two RBI, a walk and two strikeouts over the last three games. Harold Castro is starting at shortstop and batting third.

Story (finger) remains out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rays, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.

Manager Alex Cora already implied Wednesday that Story wouldn't be available for the final two contests of the series in Tampa Bay, so the second baseman's absence from the starting nine for the second day in a row comes as little surprise. Jeter Downs will pick up another start in place of Story, who disclosed Wednesday that he's unsure if he'll be able to avoid a trip to the injured list ahead of the All-Star break, per Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican. Story was removed from Tuesday's 3-2 loss to Tampa Bay after he was hit by a pitch on the knuckle of his right ring finger.

Rojas was removed midway through the top of the ninth inning of Thursday's game against the Pirates after suffering an apparent mouth injury in a collision at second base with Oneil Cruz, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports. He went 1-for-4 with a base hit prior to departing.

While he was sliding into second base on a stolen-base attempt, Cruz's helmet struck Rojas in the face. Though Rojas applied the tag for the out, he exited the contest immediately, forcing the Marlins to reshuffle their infield after second baseman Jon Berti (groin) had already exited earlier in the contest. Rojas could be sent in for concussion testing before the Marlins determine his status for their three-game series with the Phillies this weekend.

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.