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Grissom (undisclosed) has gone 3-for-8 with a double and four walks in his three games since returning from the 7-day injured list at Low-A Augusta on Wednesday.

Grissom was sidelined for about three and a half weeks with his injury. The 20-year-old shortstop is slashing .277/.381/.378 with two home runs and seven stolen bases across 178 plate appearances at Low-A this season.

Crawford (hamstring) is batting sixth and playing shortstop in Sunday's game against the Cardinals.

As manager Gabe Kapler speculated, Crawford is ready to start the series finale in St. Louis after appearing as a pinch hitter and drawing a walk Saturday. The veteran has been on absolute tear this month, hitting .556 with five extra-base hits and seven RBI in nine games.

Edman is on the bench for Sunday's series finale against the Giants.

Edman sits following an 0-for-3 performance Saturday that dropped his average to .225 in the last 10 games. The 26-year-old is just a .241 hitter against right-handed pitching, so he gets the day off against Johnny Cueto, with Matt Carpenter starting at second base and batting sixth.

Martinez went 4-for-6 with three home runs, nine RBI and an additional run Saturday in Low-A Dunedin's 17-6 win over Clearwater.

The career day capped what has been a supremely hot stretch at the plate for Martinez over his last five starts, which have all come versus Clearwater. During that stretch, Martinez is slashing a remarkable .542/.593/1.500 while homering seven times and driving in 16. The 19-year-old now owns a .954 OPS on the season and could be ready for a jump up in competition.

Fletcher went 3-for-5 with three doubles and five RBI in Saturday's 9-4 win over the Mariners.

After batting out of the No. 9 spot for much of May and June while he was stuck in an extended slump, Fletcher's high-contact approach at the plate is finally paying dividends. The 27-year-old has now built a 26-game hitting streak, during which he's recaptured leadoff duties while slashing an incredible .454/.468/.630 with two home runs, 21 RBI, 21 runs and a stolen base. His season batting average has climbed from .255 all the way up to .318 during the hot streak.

Anderson went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, two RBI and an additional run scored in Saturday's 10-1 win over Houston.

Anderson extended his hit streak to 14 games in the third inning when he hit the second of back-to-back blasts following Zack Collins. The long ball snapped a 32-game run without a home run.

Ahmed went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Cubs.

Ahmed snapped an 0-for-21 skid with a run-producing single in the fifth. The 31-year-old shortstop started the season slowly and hasn't recovered. He has a .579 OPS with two home runs and 16 RBI over 81 games.

Adames went 3-for-6 with a pair of runs scored in Saturday's win over Cincinnati.

Adames put together his second three-hit game in a row, collecting a trio of singles on a night in which he also fanned three times. The 25-year-old continues to rake since being acquired from Tampa Bay, slashing .306/.383/.557 with 10 homers and 35 RBI in 183 plate appearances with the Brewers. He's produced 15 homers and 50 RBI overall between the two teams this season and is quickly closing in on his second 20-homer campaign in the last three years.

Baez went 1-for-5 with an RBI double and a stolen base in Saturday's 4-2 win over Arizona.

The shortstop helped the Cubs get on the board with an RBI double to plate Willson Contreras in the sixth inning. In the eighth, Baez struck out but reached on a wild pitch before stealing second. The 28-year-old has stolen a base in each of the last two games, and he's now 12-for-14 in steal attempts this year. He's added a .241/.286/.492 slash line with 21 home runs, 57 RBI and 43 runs scored through 322 plate appearances. Baez still carries a troubling 37.0 percent strikeout rate, his highest since 2014.

Manager Gabe Kapler said following Saturday's loss to St. Louis that he's optimistic Crawford (hamstring) will be able to return to the lineup for Sunday's series finale, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Crawford exited Friday's win after tweaking his left hamstring. The issue is apparently not too serious, as Crawford was able to pinch hit Saturday. The shortstop is trending toward rejoining the starting nine Sunday, though he'll likely be looked at by the Giants' training staff once more before that decision is made.