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Bogaerts went 2-for-3 with a double, a run and a stolen base in a loss to the Rays on Wednesday.

Bogaerts collected two of Boston's five hits in the contest, and he scored the team's lone run in the fifth inning. The shortstop gave his fantasy managers another reason to be happy by swiping his fifth bag of the season. Bogaerts' power has waned of late -- he has only one long ball in his past 34 games -- but he's otherwise hit well with a .314/.391/.454 slash line over 361 plate appearances.

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.

Baez went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double and an RBI in Wednesday's loss to the Royals.

The Tigers scored just two runs, but Baez managed his second consecutive two-hit effort. Three of his last four hits are doubles, and the shortstop is starting to drive the ball with more authority despite batting just .218 for the season. Baez had a .306 slugging percentage through the end of May but has bumped that up to .466 from June onward.

Bichette went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in Wednesday's 8-2 win over the Phillies.

Bichette ripped an RBI single off Zack Wheeler in the bottom of the fifth frame and later stole second base in the inning. He also added a second single in the seventh inning, notching his second multi-hit effort in the last three games. Bichette is now up to six stolen bases on the year, but Wednesday's swipe was his first since June 21. The shortstop has now produced at least one hit in 16 of his last 17 contests, batting .304 with two home runs, five doubles, 10 RBI, eight runs and a stolen base over that stretch.

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.

Manager Alex Cora said he's hopeful Story (hand) can return to the lineup at some point during the Red Sox's weekend series with the Yankees, implying the second baseman will be on the bench for games Wednesday and Thursday against the Rays, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.

Story was cleared of any structural damage to his bruised right hand after he was hit by a pitch in Tuesday's loss, but he looks like he'll still be forced to miss at least a couple games due to the injury. Jeter Downs replaced Story on Tuesday and could serve as the Red Sox's primary option at the keystone until Story is cleared to play again.

Story (hand) underwent X-rays that came back negative Tuesday, Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican reports.

Story was diagnosed with a right hand contusion after leaving Tuesday's game against the Rays, and his X-rays confirmed that he isn't dealing with structural damage. It's not yet clear whether he'll be available for Wednesday's matchup in Tampa Bay, but he should be considered day-to-day for now.

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.

Rocchio has hit .380/.432/.658 with five homers, three steals and a 7:9 BB:K over his last 19 games for Double-A Akron.

He was struggling mightily before this recent stretch, as Rocchio's first 48 games of 2022 saw him hit just .205/.308/.313 with a 19.6 percent strikeout rate; he's nearly halved that during this hot streak, striking out at just a 10.1 percent clip. He struggled particularly badly for a while after returning from a concussion, so this could simply be a sign that he's gotten right physically over the last month.