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Arcia went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Mets.

The shortstop extended his hitting streak to eight games with a seventh-inning shot off Ryne Stanek, one of four Atlanta long balls in a 9-2 rout. Arcia may be finding his 2023 form at the plate -- over the last 13 contests, he's slashing .325/.386/.475 with two of his eight homers on the season.

Cruz went 1-for-3 with a solo homer, two walks and two runs scored in Sunday's win over the Diamondbacks.

Cruz finally got the Pirates on the board with a solo blast to right off Joe Mantiply in the sixth for his second homer in as many games. Sunday was also just the third time this season he's drawn multiple walks in one game. Since coming back from the All-Star break, the 25-year-old is hitting .314/.385/.743 with three homers, nine RBI, eight runs and a 4:10 BB:K in 39 plate appearance over nine games.

Edwards hit for the cycle while going 4-for-4 with a walk in Sunday's loss to Milwaukee. He scored two runs and had one RBI.

Edwards knocked a leadoff home run on the first pitch of the game, the first long ball of his MLB career, and he finished off the cycle with an infield single in the ninth inning. It's only the second cycle in franchise history, with Luis Arraez collecting the first in April 2023. Since rejoining the Marlins in early July, Edwards has gone 31-for-78 (.397) with six extra-base hits over 22 games. He owns a .956 OPS through 105 plate appearances overall.

Tovar went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Giants.

Tovar's hitting streak is up to 15 games, with this being his ninth multi-hit effort in that span. During the streak, he's gone 28-for-66 (.424) with five home runs, seven doubles, 13 RBI and 13 runs scored. The shortstop's surge has him up to a .287/.313/.485 slash line for the season, and he's added 17 homers, 50 RBI, 55 runs and 31 doubles across 104 contests.

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

Schmitt made an early impact Sunday, going deep off Austin Gomber in the first inning. The homer was Schmitt's third of the season and his first since he was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday. The infielder has added a .244/.271/.511 slash line with seven RBI, seven runs scored, one double, one triple and no stolen bases over 48 plate appearances in the majors this season. He's an option all over the infield, but Schmitt is most likely to share second base as a short-side platoon partner with Brett Wisely until Thairo Estrada (wrist) returns.

Kim went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI in Sunday's loss to the Orioles.

Kim did a little bit of everything in this one, reaching base three times and collecting his 20th stolen base of the season. The 28-year-old has played well since the All-Star break, but he has not homered since June 22 while notching just four thefts in that span. Kim is batting .232 with 10 home runs, 44 RBI, 55 runs scored and 20 stolen bases in 106 games played.

Manager Dave Roberts said Sunday that Betts (hand) continues to swing a bat and could soon be cleared to take batting practice, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.

The 31-year-old was cleared to resume taking swings last week and has since progressed to hitting soft toss and flips. Betts still has significant work to do in his rehab program, but a return in mid-August doesn't appear to be out of the question.

De La Cruz went 3-for-4 with four stolen bases in Sunday's loss to the Rays.

De La Cruz did all he could for the Reds in the 2-1 loss, logging three of the team's six hits and recording four thefts in a game for the second time this season. The 22-year-old is up to a league-leading 55 steals, a whopping 24 ahead of runner-up Brice Turang. De La Cruz now owns a .263 average with 18 home runs, 45 RBI, 70 runs scored and 55 stolen bases in 64 attempts (86 percent) across 104 games played.

FItzgerald went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Saturday's win over Colorado.

Fitzgerald went hitless in his first three trips to the plate before launching a solo shot in his final at-bat to extend San Francisco's lead to five runs. It marked the outfielder's eighth home run in his last 10 games while he also extended his hitting streak to 10 games with the long ball. For the month, Fitzgerald is now batting .390 with 11 extra-base hits, 15 RBI and 13 runs scored.

Cruz went 2-for-4 with a home run, a triple and two runs scored in Saturday's loss to the Diamondbacks.

Cruz jumped on the first pitch he saw from Brandon Pfaadt in the opening frame and launched it 472 feet to right-center field for the shortstop's 16th home run of the campaign and his fourth this month. The 25-year-old would then add his second triple of the season in the sixth before coming around to score on a groundout from Connor Joe. Cruz has put together a nice July thus far, slashing .304 with 11 extra-base hits, 16 RBI and 11 runs scored. Saturday's performance also marked his seventh multi-hit outing this month.