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Cave is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Marlins.

After starting in each of the Rockies' last five games while going 8-for-20 with three extra-base knocks, Cave will take a seat for the series finale. With Cave and Charlie Blackmon on the bench Thursday, Nolan Jones will serve as the Rockies' designated hitter, while Colorado runs out a starting outfield of Jordan Beck, Brenton Doyle and Sam Hilliard from left to right.

Blackmon is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Marlins.

Blackmon will get a break as the Rockies wrap up their series against the Marlins with a day game after a night game. Nolan Jones will serve as the Rockies' designated hitter while Blackmon rests up.

Smith was promoted from Single-A Myrtle Beach to High-A South Bend on Tuesday.

The 14th overall pick in this year's draft, Smith hit .313 with six homers in 15 games at Single-A, so it was time for more of a challenge. He's hitting .500 with one double, two strikeouts and one walk in two games at High-A.

Bader isn't in the Mets' lineup for Thursday's game versus the Diamondbacks.

Bader has seemingly broken out of his offensive skid by hitting two home runs over his last two games, but he will be held out of Thursday's series finale. The Mets will instead roll out an outfield trio of Jesse Winker, Brandon Nimmo and Starling Marte.

Vientos isn't in the Mets' lineup for Thursday's game against the Diamondbacks.

Vientos will get a chance to rest Thursday after slashing .256/.273/.442 with two homers and seven RBI over his last 10 games. Jose Iglesias will take his place at the hot corner and bat seventh.

Alvarez isn't in the Mets' lineup for Thursday's game against Arizona.

After logging a base hit and an RBI in both of the first two games of the series, Alvarez will now take a seat for Thursday's finale. Luis Torrens will catch instead for left-hander David Peterson and bat ninth.

Hernandez went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 6-4 win against Baltimore.

Hernandez capped Los Angeles' big third inning with a three-run blast to left-center field. The long ball was his 28th of the campaign, his second-highest total as a big-leaguer. Hernandez also has 87 RBI this season, so he has a shot of reaching the 30-homer, 100-RBI mark for the second time in his career.

Pederson is not in the lineup for Thursday's contest against the Mets.

Lefty David Peterson is on the hill for the Mets, so the left-handed-hitting Pederson will begin the series finale on the bench. Randal Grichuk will serve as Arizona's designated hitter and will bat second.

Castillo is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Mets.

The Mets are starting a southpaw (David Peterson) for the second time in the series, and the left-handed hitting Castillo has been on the bench both times. Switch hitter Jose Herrera will handle catching duties for the Diamondbacks.

Frelick is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Giants.

As Adam McCalvy of MLB.com notes, Frelick fouled a ball off himself during Wednesday's 5-3 win and was removed from the contest in the top of the eighth inning, but his early exit seems to have been mostly precautionary. McCalvy characterized Frelick's absence from the lineup Thursday as more of an off day rather than the result of legitimate concern about his health, so the expectation is that the 24-year-old will be back in the lineup for Friday's series opener in Cincinnati. Garrett Mitchell will spell Frelick in right field Thursday.