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Belt went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk Wednesday in a 5-2 victory against the Mets.

Belt registered the only long ball of the contest when he went deep to right field in the second inning. The homer was his fourth of the campaign, tied for fifth in the league. He's coming off a 2021 season during which he slugged a career-high 29 homers in only 325 at-bats.

Canha (illness) was activated from the COVID-19 injured list Wednesday, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

Canha has been out the past week while on the COVID-19 IL but will rejoin the active roster Wednesday after clearing MLB's testing protocols. The 33-year-old was off to a hot start prior to the absence, slashing .381/.500/.381 with three RBI and two runs scored in six games.

Dickerson is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Dodgers.

The lefty-hitting Dickerson's 1-for-21 start to the season has seemingly resulted in him losing hold of his strong-side platoon role at designated hitter. He'll be on the bench Wednesday for the third straight game, with his latter two absences from the lineup coming against right-handed starting pitchers in Walker Buehler and Tony Gonsolin. Dickerson's struggles at the plate have allowed Orlando Arcia to settle into a near-everyday role, though both Arcia and Dickerson will likely see their opportunities dwindle as soon as Ronald Acuna (knee) is ready to return from the 10-day injured list.

McCutchen isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Pirates.

McCutchen will get his first off day of the season after going 0-for-5 with a run, two walks and three strikeouts in the last two games. Keston Hiura will serve as the designated hitter and bat seventh.

Pederson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Mets.

He got the start in left field and batted cleanup in both games, but Pederson found less success in the nightcap, going 0-for-4. The veteran outfielder has had a strong start to the season, slashing .310/.355/.621 through nine games with three solo homers accounting for all his RBI.

Beer started at first base and went 2-for-4 with a double in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Nationals.

Beer made his first start of the season in the field, slotting in for Christian Walker, after serving as the designated hitter in his previous five starts. He went back to DH for the second game of the twin bill and went 1-for-3 with a walk. Walker, who entered the day batting .129, returned to first base for the nightcap and went 0-for-3 with a walk.

Vogelbach went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Brewers.

The 29-year-old launched a solo shot off his former teammate, Corbin Burnes, in the top of the sixth, putting the Pirates on the board for the first time. Vogelbach has now launched two home runs on the season while batting .323 at the plate.

Soler will hit the bench Tuesday against the Cardinals, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Soler sits after starting each of the season's first nine games. He's yet to really get going, slashing .167/.286/.278 while homering just once. Brian Anderson will start in left field Tuesday.

The Mets didn't activate Canha (illness) from the COVID-19 injured list prior to the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader with the Giants, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

Both Canha and Brandon Nimmo were placed on the COVID-19 IL on Friday, and Nimmo will be the first of the two to rejoin the 28-man active roster after clearing the final stages of MLB's testing protocols earlier Tuesday. Canha could theoretically clear the protocols within the next few hours to make himself available for the second game of the twin bill, but the Mets would likely wait until Wednesday to activate him in that scenario.

Ruf is out of the lineup for the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader with the Mets, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

He'll find himself for the first time all season after generating a weak .176/.317/.235 slash line through the Giants' initial 10 games. Despite the poor start to the campaign, Ruf still looks to be locked into a near-everyday role for the Giants versus both right- and left-handed pitching while Tommy La Stella (Achilles) and LaMonte Wade (knee) remain on the injured list.