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Bogaerts (thumb) went 1-for-4 in Thursday night's 8-2 loss to Colorado.

Bogaerts, who was removed from Wednesday's game after suffering a minor thumb injury, extended his hitting streak to 19 games.

Story went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a strikeout against the Red Sox Thursday.

The move down the order and they off day Wednesday helped Story, as the rookie contributed on offense after he struck out six times in eight at-bats in the last two games. His value is still on the decline after he's gone 10-for-42 in the past 10 contests, but the homer might be what he needs to get back on track.

Story is batting seventh for Thursday's series finale against the Red Sox, Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post reports.

Due to his scorching hot start, Story had been a mainstay in the second spot of the batting order. However, he's struggled to the tune of a .238 batting average with nine strikeouts over the past week, so manager Walt Weiss decided it was time for some change. This may reduce his ability to score runs if this continues, which could lower his somewhat declining value.

Bogaerts (thumb) is in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rockies, Evan Drellich of the Boston Herald reports.

Bogaerts hurt his thumb in Wednesday's game but appears to be fine as he is in his usual spot in the lineup.

D'Arnaud is 11-for-26 (.423) with three doubles and a triple over the last seven games.

He has a hit in six of those seven contests. D'Arnaud also has seven walks versus just four strikeouts and two stolen bases during that time, but unfortunately it hasn't led to many runs. In the last seven games, d'Arnaud has two runs and zero RBI.

Bogaerts, who hurt his right thumb Wednesday, is expected to be available Thursday, the Boston Globe reports.

The injury was initially reported to be a hand injury, but now we learn that the thumbnail on his right thumb bent back a bit while applying a tag at second base on Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez. He was replaced in the final two innings of Wednesday's game by Marco Hernandez.

Bogaerts went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk and two strikeouts before he was taken off due to injury Wednesday against the Rockies.

Bogaerts was removed from the game for the final two innings, but he left his mark with a solo shot during the fifth. Bogaerts has been hot of late, as the 23-year-old is riding an impressive 18-game hitting streak. He's also hit .406 during May.

Bogaerts was spiked on his left hand, requiring a bandage, and was eventually replaced for the final two innings of Wednesday night's win over Colorado, WEEI.com reports.

As Colorado's Carlos Gonzalez attempted to stretch a single into a double, his spike caught Bogaerts left hand. We expect more details leading up to Thursday's series finale against the Rockies.

Crawford went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a walk and a run Wednesday against the Padres.

Crawford was decisive at the plate once again, and he provided the game-winning RBI with a single in the bottom of the 10th inning. With five RBI in the last two games and 21 over the month of May, the third baseman might be on the verge of breaking out despite going hitless in five of his last 11 games.

Sardinas is in the lineup and batting eighth for Wednesday's game against the A's, Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times reports.

Sardinas was recalled earlier in the day after finding his stroke offensively at Triple-A. With Ketel Marte on the 15-day DL, it is likely that Sardinas receives numerous starts until he is back to full strength. Although he was a non-factor at the plate in his first stint with the Mariners, Sardinas has been on fire lately and could be a player to watch over the course of the next couple weeks.