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Pederson went 1-for-4 with a solo shot in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the D'Backs.

Pederson hit his 15th home run, and second in as many nights, in a fairly meaningless situation with his team down to their last out and trailing by three runs with nobody on base in the final frame. The 24-year-old center fielder has scored a run in six straight games while going 8-for-20 (.400) with two homers, six RBI and six runs during that stretch.

Dickerson (hip) is out of the lineup for Sunday's contest against the Reds.

San Diego will continue to be careful with Dickerson and have him sit out for the second day in a row. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune's Dennis Lin, manager Andy Green indicated that Dickerson is "feeling much better," but the outfielder is still expected to miss a couple more games. Dickerson's absence could open up extra at-bats for Alexi Amarista in left field in the short term.

Cespedes (quad) may be a candidate for the disabled list, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports.

Cespedes was held out of Sunday's lineup following an early exit Saturday, but may be a pinch-hit candidate in an emergency. It sounds like batting isn't overly problematic for Cespedes, as manager Terry Collins is already looking ahead to Wednesday, when the Mets will begin a stretch of five games in a row in AL ballparks. When that begins, the team can use Cespedes in the DH spot in hopes of him not overly exerting his ailing quadriceps muscle. In the meantime, the team will keep a close eye on the slugger, and if something seems off, the disabled list -- a possibility Collins had previously been dismissive of -- could be on the table.

Ozuna slammed a two-run home run and scored twice in Saturday's 11-0 win over the Cardinals.

After struggling for the majority of July, Ozuna is now 7-for-17 with four extra-base hits over his last four games. He's homered in back-to-back contests to bring his season total up to 19 and is working a robust .298/.351/.520 triple slash over 379 at-bats this year.

Cespedes is out of the lineup Sunday against the Rockies.

Cespedes returned to the Mets' lineup Friday, but was removed early Saturday due to was described as precautionary reasons. It's possible his sore quad is flaring up again, as this will mark his seventh game missed since originally sustaining the strain. In his stead, Michael Conforto will get the call in left field, while James Loney bats third in the batting order. Consider Cespedes day-to-day heading into Monday's series opener against the Yankees.

Belt went 1-for-1 with three walks and a run in Saturday's 5-3 victory over the Nationals.

The slugging first baseman has displayed some excellent plate discipline over the last week, drawing eight walks over the last five games while only whiffing twice. Belt has only homered once since June 20, however, and is hitting just .222 in July. While the current month has easily been his poorest of the season, Belt has a chance to quickly turn his fortunes at the plate around if he continues to exhibit the same patient eye of recent contests.

Blackmon went 2-for-4 with two doubles and scored twice in Saturday's victory over the Mets.

The center fielder followed up Friday's four-hit performance with another impressive game Saturday, notching his 20th and 21st doubles of the season. Last year, Blackmon hit a career-high 31 two-baggers and is now on pace to outperform that number in 2016. He's also on track to challenge last season's career-high 93 runs scored. Setting new personal records this season would be especially impressive considering he lost time to a stint on the DL back in April.

Cespedes was removed from Saturday's game following his fifth-inning at-bat for precautionary reasons, MLB.com's Anthony DiComo reports.

The reason for Cespedes' removal was not explicitly noted, but he missed a game earlier this week with a sore quad, so it's possible he felt some tightness in the area and was taken out of the game because of it. Cespedes' status for the Mets' next game Sunday will be revealed at some point on Sunday morning.

Dickerson (hip) is not in the lineup Saturday against the Reds, Bill Center of Padres.com reports.

Dickerson was lifted from Friday's game after a collision in the outfield with teammate Travis Jankowski left him with a concussion. While Dickerson was able to walk off the field under his own power, the Padres will exercise caution and hold Dickerson out for at least a day. San Diego will go with an outfield alignment of Jankowski in center, Alexei Amarista in left and Matt Kemp in right Saturday.

Ozuna clubbed his 18th home run of the season as part of a 2-for-4 effort in Friday's loss to the Cardinals.

It was the outfielder's first homer since way back on July 1 and prior to Friday's blast, he had batted .202/.262/.269 over his last 21 games. Ozuna has, however, hit in three straight, including the home run and a pair of doubles, and appears to be getting back in a groove at the plate. Even with the sluggish July, Ozuna is slashing .299/.350/.515 on the year with 18 home runs, 57 runs scored and 54 RBI.