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Dickerson is not starting Saturday against the Padres.

Dickerson hits the bench with left-hander Joey Lucchesi starting for the Padres. Joey Rickard is starting in left field and hitting sixth in his place in Dickerson's place.

Carpenter is not in the lineup for Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Reds.

Carpenter will give way to Tommy Edman at third base for the second half of Saturday's twin bill after going 1-for-3 with a double in Game 1.

Pederson is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Diamondbacks.

No surprise here; the Dodgers are facing a lefty in Robbie Ray and Pederson still has logged only four starts against southpaws all season. He has a .463 OPS in his limited action against lefties, but Pederson continues to lead off against nearly all opposing righty starters.

Belt went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run, an RBI double, and three runs scored in Friday's 8-3 win over the Padres.

Belt got things going with his first-inning homer off Padres starter Dinelson Lamet. The first baseman then scored on a Joey Rickard single as part of a seventh inning rally. Belt's big night was capped by his RBI double to plate Austin Slater before coming around to score on an Evan Longoria double. Over his last seven games, Belt is hitting .360 (9-for-25) with five RBI and six runs scored. The surge has raised his season line to .234/.344/.404 with 16 homers, 54 RBI and 69 runs scored in 129 games.

Blackmon is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Pirates, Nubyjas Wilborn of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Blackmon will head to the bench after starting the last nine games and posting a .495 OPS in that stretch. Ian Desmond, Sam Hilliard and Yonathan Daza will start in the outfield from left to right.

Turner went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBI in Thursday's loss to Arizona.

Turner got the Dodgers on the board with a sacrifice fly in the first inning, doubled home a run in the third, and swatted a solo shot to left field in the ninth. The 34-year-old got off to a slow start in the power department this season but has slugged 16 long balls since the start of July. He is now up to 25 home runs and 64 RBI in 2019.

Belt went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Thursday's 5-3 loss to the Padres.

It was Belt's 15th home run of the season, and his third over the past 12 contests. The 31-year-old has notoriously been a streaky hitter, but he was stuck in one of the biggest ruts of his career for the good part of two months. That said, he is starting to show a little life at the plate, and it wouldn't be outlandish for him to go on a healthy hot streak to close out 2019 based on his track record. Belt's fantasy owners got even more good news when the first baseman stuck in the two hole, even with Buster Posey returning to the lineup Thursday.

Ramirez went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Thursday's win over the Reds.

With the score tied 3-3 in the bottom of the 12th, Ramirez took Raisel Iglesias deep for a walkoff home run victory. The long ball was the eighth of the season for 24-year-old outfielder, who is batting .268/.303/.399 with 42 runs scored across 91 games.

Harper went 2-for-4 with a walk, RBI and three runs Wednesday in the Phillies' 12-3 rout of the Pirates.

Harper was away from the Phillies over the weekend while on paternity list, but the absence hasn't appeared to disrupt his rhythm at the plate. He went 4-for-14 with a home run, stolen base, five runs and two RBI during the series with Pittsburgh, bringing his August OPS to .998 through 22 games.

Winker (neck) returned to Cincinnati on Wednesday to receive additional treatment for his cervical strain, Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports.

Winker was rehabbing with the team during the current road trip but returned to Cincinnati due to his slow progress. The 26-year-old didn't suffer a setback, but manager David Bell noted Winker wasn't responding to treatment as quickly as hoped.