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Guerrero was scratched from Saturday's lineup against the Pirates with left wrist discomfort.

Guerrero is hitting .412 with two home runs and six RBI over his last four games, and it's unclear how serious the injury is or when he sustained it. Cavan Biggio is starting at first base in his absence.

Casas will be on the bench Saturday against lefty Bailey Falter and the Phillies, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.

Casas started against five of the first eight lefties the Red Sox faced this year, but he's now been on the bench against each of the last five. He's failed to make much of an impact at the plate at the start of his first full season with a .156/.291/.289 slash line, though a .186 BABIP deserves at least some of the blame for that. Justin Turner will be the first baseman Saturday, with Rob Refsnyder taking Turner's usual spot at designated hitter.

Pratto will sit Saturday against the Athletics.

Pratto started seven consecutive games after his late-April call-up, hitting .407 but striking out 32.3 percent of the time. His run of starts did include one against a lefty (Kyle Muller on Friday), but he'll hit the bench Saturday against southpaw Ken Waldichuk.

Kirilloff will remain on the bench Saturday against the Guardians, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.

Kirilloff was recalled Friday but has spent his first two days since his return on the bench. Saturday's off day is an expected one, however, as it comes against lefty Logan Allen. Willi Castro starts in left field.

Flores went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in Friday's win over the Brewers.

Flores pinch hit for designated hitter Joc Pederson in the eighth, promptly smacking a 397-foot shot to left center. This was his sixth homer of the year, so he's well on pace to pass his total from last season (19). The 31-year-old is now slashing .262/.311/.512 on the year.

Mervis went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Friday's 4-1 win over the Marlins.

Getting the start at first base and batting seventh, Mervis didn't have an eye-popping big-league debut but did bring home Cody Bellinger with a single in the eighth inning for the game's final run. Mervis figures to hold down a regular spot in the lineup as the Cubs see what their top hitting prospect can do, but if the 25-year-old does stumble out of the game, Trey Mancini and Eric Hosmer remain available to cut into his workload -- at least for the moment.

Pratto went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, a walk and three total runs scored in Friday's 12-8 loss to the Athletics.

Pratto got the Royals on the board with his fourth-inning homer. He's produced four multi-hit efforts in the last week since his recall from Triple-A Omaha. The strong hitting of late has him up to a .353/.421/.471 slash line with a long balls, four RBI, five runs scored and a double through 38 plate appearances this season.

Goldschmidt went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a run scored in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Tigers.

Goldschmidt has opened May by going 6-for-17 (.353) with four doubles over four contests. The first baseman is now slashing .312/.403/.520 with four home runs, 16 RBI, 18 runs scored, 14 doubles and three stolen bases through 32 games on the season. He's still one of the best hitters in the majors at age 35, though his power has yet to show up in full force so far.

Noda went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored, three RBI and two walks during Friday's victory over Kansas City.

Noda was all over the stat sheet Friday. He scored in the third, fourth and eighth innings while also driving in three runs, including his two-run double in the fifth frame. He was stuck in an 0-for-12 skid prior to Friday's big performance and improved his slash line to .247/.408/.442 in the process. It was Noda's second career three-hit game.

Tellez is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against San Francisco.

Tellez will take a seat against southpaw Sean Manaea and the Giants for the series opener. Luke Voit will handle first base duties against Manaea and hit sixth.