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Torrens, who was out of the lineup Sunday against the Angels and went 2-for-3 with an RBI triple and a walk in Saturday's win, hit .350 (7-for-20) with the three-bagger, two home runs, five RBI, seven walks and four runs across the last seven games of the first half.

The hot-hitting backstop reached safely in all seven of those contests as well, and factoring in Saturday's three-bagger and the pair of round trippers he belted during that stretch, he's now laced exactly half of his 32 hits this season for extra bases. That's helped lead to a .462 slugging percentage, a particularly appealing figure for a part-time catcher.

Ramirez went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Saturday's 14-6 win over Kansas City.

The outfielder seemed refreshed at the plate after getting a day off Friday. He entered Saturday's contest hitting just .214 (6-for-28) through eight games in July. Ramirez's three-hit effort was just his third such game this season. He's slashing a solid .280/.325/.457 with six home runs, 22 RBI, 24 runs scored and a pair of stolen bases through 200 plate appearances as Cleveland's near-everyday right fielder.

Blackmon went 1-for-4 with two RBI, a walk and a strikeout in Colorado's 3-0 shutout of San Diego on Saturday.

Blackmon got the Rockies on the board with his two-run single off Joe Musgrove in the fifth and walked earlier in the third. The veteran outfielder is currently enduring his worst full-time season with a .731 OPS but has gone 7-for-his-last-17.

Turner went 3-for-4 with a grand slam as the Dodgers defeated the Diamondbacks, 22-1 on Saturday.

Turner extended Los Angeles' lead to 9-0 with his second-inning big fly off Arizona starter Caleb Smith and went on to single in the fourth and sixth. The third baseman now has a five-game hitting streak with homers in two of his last three games.

Pederson will be on the bench against lefty Kwang Hyun Kim and the Cardinals on Saturday, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

Pederson has had far more than a platoon role this season, as he started against four of the last five lefties the Cubs faced prior to Saturday's off day. For what it's worth, he's shown effectively no platoon split this year, posting a 96 wRC+ against lefties and a 95 wRC+ against righties. Patrick Wisdom starts in left field in his absence.

Dickerson is not starting Saturday's game against the Nationals, Mark W. Sanchez of KNBR 680 San Francisco reports.

After a 1-for-2 Friday, Dickerson is hitting .179 with two home runs and two RBI in his last 10 games. Thairo Estrada gets the start in left field and bats eighth Saturday.

Jimenez (pectoral) had his rehab outing at High-A Winston-Salem on Friday postponed due to rain.

Jimenez will get another opportunity to take at-bats Saturday, when the Dash compete in a doubleheader with Hickory. It's possible Jimenez is back in Chicago by the end of July.

Choi went 1-for-3 with a walk and three RBI in Friday's 7-1 win over the Blue Jays.

A bases-loaded hit by pitch in the fourth inning and a two-run single in the sixth accounted for Choi's production. The 30-year-old is on a tear with the All-Star break approaching, slashing .345/.457/.517 over his last nine games with a homer and eight RBI.

Ruf went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Friday's 5-3 win over Washington.

Ruf plated the Giants' first run of the game with a single in the first inning, then drove in another with a 433-foot solo shot in the fifth. The veteran has gone deep in each of his past two games and has homered three times across 12 at-bats since July 4. He is on pace to surpass his career high of 14 home runs set back in 2013 when he was with Philadelphia.

Ohtani went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's loss to Seattle.

The two-way star's solo shot in the third inning wasn't cheap -- it went 463 feet to right field. The long ball was Ohtani's league-leading 33rd of the season and 16th in his past 21 games. Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com, Ohtani is only the seventh player in MLB history to accomplish that feat, and the first American Leaguer. Needless to say, he is paying huge dividends for fantasy managers who plugged him into their lineup as a hitter this season.