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Ohtani went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and an additional run during Monday's 5-2 win over the Brewers.

Ohtani notched his 36th home run of the year Monday, taking Freddy Peralta yard in fifth inning to extend the Dodgers lead to 4-0. In his last 16 games, Ohtani has lifted six homers with 11 runs and 12 RBI while logging almost as many walks (10) as strikeouts (12).

The Rockies placed Bryant on the 10-day injured list Monday due to a back strain, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.

Bryant will head to the IL for a third time this season, and for the second time on account of a back injury. Since returning from his last stint on the IL on July 23 due to a left oblique strain, Bryant has slashed .277/.352/.340 with five RBI and a 31.5 percent strikeout rate across 53 plate appearances. With Bryant on the shelf, the Rockies recalled outfielder Jordan Beck from Triple-A Albuquerque in a corresponding move.

Stanton went 1-for-2 with a walk and four RBI against the Rangers in an 8-7 victory Sunday.

Stanton kicked off the scoring with a first-inning sacrifice fly and added a three-run homer in the fifth. It was the second homer in as many games for the slugger after he failed to go deep across his first eight contests after returning from the injured list July 29. Stanton's homer Sunday was his 20th of the campaign, marking the 13th season in his career he's reached that total.

The Cardinals placed Carpenter on the 10-day injured list Monday with a lower-back strain.

Outfielder Jordan Walker was recalled from Triple-A Memphis to take Carpenter's spot on the 26-man active roster. Carpenter had played in just one of the Cardinals' first 10 games of August, though his lack of usage might have had more to do with his standing as a reserve designated hitter rather than because of the injury. Carpenter had served as a strong-side platoon option at DH for a brief spell from mid-June to early July, but his playing time had fallen by the wayside since outfielder Lars Nootbaar returned from the injured list, which bumped Alec Burleson back to DH.

McCutchen went 2-for-5 with two homers and four RBI in Sunday's loss to the Dodgers.

McCutchen got the Pirates on the board with a two-run blast off Tyler Glasnow in the third and then replicated that with another two-run shot in the eighth to tie the game at 4-4. With Sunday's effort, he became one of five players in franchise history with at least 600 extra-base hits. Despite hitting the bench in three straight games coming into Sunday, McCutchen has been swinging a hot bat when in the lineup. Over his last six games, the 37-year-old is slashing .400/.500/.900 with three homers, eight RBI and six runs scored. For the year, McCutchen is slashing .234/.335/.408 with 16 homers, 38 RBI, 59 runs, three steals and a 50:111 BB:K in 424 plate appearances.

Blackmon went 3-for-5 with two RBI and one run scored in Sunday's 9-8 win over Atlanta.

Blackmon was a contributor in Sunday's eighth-inning comeback, getting the Rockies within two runs on a two-run single before scoring on Ryan McMahon's single. This was Blackmon's fifth multi-hit effort over his last 12 games, a span in which he's batting .300 (15-for-50) with six RBI. He's up to a .258/.331/.400 slash line with eight homers, 38 RBI, 46 runs scored, five stolen bases, 19 doubles and three triples across 89 contests this season.

Alvarez went 2-for-2 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Sunday's 8-4 win over the Red Sox.

Alvarez was perfect at the plate and went deep for the fifth time in as many games. He has hit safely in eight of nine August contests, tallying multiple hits six times with eight RBI and eight runs scored. On the year, the 27-year-old is hitting .307 with 25 homers, 63 RBI and 68 runs scored across 483 plate appearances.

Fry went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Twins.

Fry is just 5-for-32 over nine contests in August, but three of those hits have been homers. The 28-year-old's power had dipped dramatically over the previous two months, as he didn't hit a homer and added just nine doubles among 30 hits over 43 contests in June and July. For the year, he's at a .271/.373/.447 slash line, 11 homers, 40 RBI, 37 runs scored, 14 doubles and four stolen bases over 92 games.

The Reds released Capel on Aug. 3.

Capel had previously logged eight plate appearances over five games at the big-league level in May with the Reds before he was designated for assignment June 21. He ultimately cleared waivers and stuck around in the organization for another month before the Reds elected to move on from the 27-year-old outfielder. Capel slashed .215/.345/.429 with 12 home runs and nine stolen bases over 74 games with Triple-A Louisville.

Pederson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies, Alex Weiner of ArizonaSports.com reports.

Pederson is on fire to begin August with four homers and a 1.276 OPS though nine games, but he'll hit the bench Sunday with lefty Cristopher Sanchez pitching for Philadelphia. Randal Grichuk is batting fifth as the designated hitter in the series finale.