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Dickerson is not starting Wednesday against the Dodgers, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Dickerson is on the bench for a second straight game with the Dodgers deploying another left-hander in Clayton Kershaw. Darin Ruf is once again starting in left field in his place.

Carpenter is not starting Wednesday against the Royals.

Carpenter has started 13 consecutive games for the Cardinals, going 9-for-41 with one home run, 10 RBI and a 7:15 BB:K during that span. Brad Miller is serving as the DH and hitting cleanup in place of Carpenter on Wednesday.

Belt went 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double, five total RBI and a walk in Tuesday's win over the Dodgers.

Belt got off to a slow start this season and was hitting .128 with a .458 OPS as recently as Aug. 15, but he seems to have turned a corner since then. Across his past nine games, the veteran has gone 16-for-28 (.571) with four homers, 10 RBI, a 4:4 BB:K and a .625 on-base percentage, so it's safe to say his struggles are behind him. Belt has also produced multi-hit games in each of his last three outings.

Turner went 4-for-6 with a double, an RBI and three runs scored in Tuesday's loss against the Giants.

Turner took advantage of Monday's day off to rest his sore hamstring, and he made quite an impact on offense with his first four-hit performance of the season. The slugging third baseman has hit safely in 15 of the Dodgers' last 17 games, slashing an impressive .339/.431/.484 during that stretch.

McCutchen 1-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, two stolen bases and a walk during Tuesday's win over the Nationals.

The veteran outfielder's only hit Tuesday was a single, but he still managed to fill out the box score. McCutchen has a .239/.292/.341 slash line with two homers, 16 RBI and three stolen bases in 23 games.

Turner (hamstring) is starting at third base and batting third Tuesday at San Francisco, Alanna Rizzo of Spectrum SportsNet LA reports.

The 35-year-old sat out Sunday's contest with a sore hamstring after being hit by a pitch a day prior, but he's good to go coming out of Monday's scheduled off day. Turner has a .272/.372/.408 slash line with two homers through 28 games this season.

Blackmon (quadriceps) is starting in left field and batting cleanup Tuesday against the Diamondbacks.

He was scratched from Monday's lineup with left quadriceps tightness, and thankfully it will be just a one-game absence, although sometimes this type of injury pops back up. Blackmon is hitting .282 with zero home runs in 39 at-bats over his last 10 games, five of which came away from Coors Field.

Dickerson is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Dodgers.

The lefty-hitting Dickerson will head to the pine with southpaw Julio Urias on the hill for L.A. Darin Ruf will start in left field and bat seventh.

Miller went 3-for-4 with three singles, a walk and two runs scored in Monday's 9-3 win over Kansas City.

Miller got the start at third base as Tommy Edman shifted to second and Kolten Wong got the night off. The utility man made an impact hitting in front of Paul Goldschmidt, racking up three knocks and a walk while coming around to score twice. Miller has his OPS up to a robust 1.133 on the campaign and he figures to continue to see his fair share of at-bats going forward.

Blackmon was scratched from Monday's lineup against Arizona with left quadriceps tightness, Nick Groke of The Athletic reports.

Blackmon was slated to start in right field and bat third, but he's since been scratched. He'll be considered day-to-day until another update is provided by the club. Sam Hilliard will get the nod in right field in Blackmon's place Monday evening.