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Hernandez went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, a run scored and a walk in Sunday's 12-1 win over Seattle.

Hernandez's last home run came way back on July 20, the first game back from the All-Star break. This year, he's up to 18 long balls and 43 RBI as he continues setting new career highs in nearly every offensive category.

Hernandez will start in center field and bat sixth Sunday against the Mariners, Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times reports.

Hernandez will remain in the lineup for the fifth time in six games, but all of those starts have come against left-handed pitching. The utility man still looks to be a short-side platoon man for the Dodgers, thereby hindering his rest-of-season fantasy outlook.

McNeil went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Phillies.

McNeil added a key insurance run in the seventh inning after an RBI triple in the seventh pushed the lead to three. After being called up to the big leagues July 24, McNeil is batting .278 with seven extra-base hits and six RBI through 24 games with the Mets.

Rosario went 4-for-7 with a homer, a stolen base, three RBI and four runs scored in Thursday afternoon's 24-4 rout of the Phillies.

Rosario got the party started with a leadoff blast to begin the game and the Mets' offense never looked back. The 22-year-old shortstop now owns a .244 average with 31 extra-base hits, 14 stolen bags and 51 runs scored in 385 at-bats this season.

McNeil is out of the lineup for Game 1 of Thursday's twin bill versus Philadelphia.

McNeil will head to the bench after starting 10 of the past 11 games. In his place, Jose Reyes will man second base and bat seventh. Look for McNeil to rejoin the starting lineup for Game 2.

Bostick was optioned to Triple-A New Orleans on Wednesday, Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports.

Bostick appeared in two games for the Marlins off the bench, grabbing a walk and an RBI double in his only plate appearances. He'll head to Triple-A, with Austin Dean heading the other way.

Marte went 1-for-3 with a double, walk and two runs Tuesday in the Diamondbacks' 6-4 win over the Rangers.

Marte had gone 0-for-15 over the Diamondbacks' previous four contests before connecting on his 39th extra-base knock of the season in his first at-bat Tuesday. The slump resulted in a 10-point drop in Marte's batting average, but the infielder has been trending upward on the whole since the beginning of June. During 64 appearances over that span, Marte has slashed .278/.359/.522 while supplying nine of his 10 home runs and three of his four steals on the season.

Frazier will remain in the lineup Wednesday against the Twins.

Starling Marte is the Pirate being scratched. Frazier will move up to second in the order and take Marte's place in center field.

Frazier was scratched from Wednesday's lineup against the Twins for undisclosed reasons.

Late scratches of this nature are usually due to some sort of injury, though no issue has yet been announced. Corey Dickerson will move out to left field, while Elias Diaz will be the designated hitter, batting sixth.

Rodgers was placed on the 7-day disabled list at Triple-A Albuquerque due to a hamstring injury he suffered last week.

Rodgers will be eligible to return to the field Sunday, though the organization has yet to comment on any sort of timetable or the severity of his injury. The infielder had gone just 7-for-31 (.226 average) with two doubles and a pair of RBI since joining the Triple-A team at end of July.