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Benge went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, an additional run scored and a walk in Sunday's 6-2 loss to the Phillies.

After going deep in Saturday's loss, Benge put the Mets on the board with a solo shot to the opposite field in the third inning Sunday, though the club struggled to generate much more offense in the Father's Day defeat. The 23-year-old has steadily improved as the season has progressed and owns a .270 batting average with an .843 OPS, five homers, eight RBI, 14 runs and two stolen bases across 18 games in June. Overall, the outfielder is hitting .257 with a .722 OPS, nine homers, 29 RBI, 42 runs and 11 stolen bases across 74 games while settling in as the club's leadoff hitter.

Stowers went 1-for-2 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Giants.

Stowers opened the scoring in the second inning, taking Logan Webb deep for a solo shot that proved to be a key run in Miami's one-run victory. The homer was his eighth of the season and continued a recent power surge, as he has now gone deep three times in his last four games. The outfielder is batting .230 with five homers and 17 RBI across 17 June contests. On the season, Stowers is slashing .223/.319/.416 with 12 doubles, one triple, 28 RBI, 25 runs scored and one stolen base through 54 games.

Mangum went 3-for-4 with a double, one RBI and one run scored in Sunday's 8-6 win over the Rockies.

Mangum logged his fifth multi-hit effort over 17 games in June. He's batting .375 (21-for-56) this month, though his only extra-base hits are five doubles. The outfielder has taken over a strong-side platoon role in center field in the absence of Oneil Cruz (hand), but Mangum is also regularly hitting in the bottom third of the order, which limits his upside a bit. On the season, Mangum is batting .306 with a .722 OPS, one home run, 13 RBI, 21 runs scored, seven doubles and 13 stolen bases over 176 plate appearances.

Reynolds went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run, a double and two total runs scored in Sunday's 8-6 win over the Rockies.

Reynolds has hit safely in his last 12 games, going 19-for-47 (.404) with five homers and 12 RBI in that span. The outfielder's blast in the seventh inning gave the Pirates some necessary insurance, as the Rockies rallied over the last two frames but couldn't catch up. Reynolds is now hitting .287 with an .884 OPS, 11 homers, 51 RBI, 52 runs scored, five stolen bases, 18 doubles and two triples across 78 contests this season in a strong bounce-back campaign.

Rincones is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets.

Since being recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on June 12, Rincones has started in five of the Phillies' ensuing nine games while going 2-for-19 with a home run and two RBI. All four of his absences from the lineup have come versus left-handed pitching, and he'll likely remain limited to a platoon role until first proving that he can handle right-handers at the big-league level.

Crawford is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets.

The Phillies will keep Crawford on the bench Sunday, shielding him from a lefty starter (David Peterson) for the second time in the series. The rookie outfielder is slashing just .143/.231/.143 in 39 plate appearances versus same-handed pitching this season.

Hernandez (hamstring) is expected to report to Triple-A Oklahoma City to begin a rehab assignment this week in hopes of coming off the injured list for the Doders' series opener against the Athletics on June 29, Sonja Chen of MLB.com reports.

The veteran slugger has been participating in live batting practice over the past few days, which could be the final hurdle before being cleared for minor-league action. Hernandez expected to be sidelined for about a month after sustaining a Grade 1 hamstring strain in late May, and he appears to be on track with that initial timeline.

Gurriel is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins.

Gurriel looks to be on the bench in a planned off day as the Diamondbacks continue to manage his workload following his recent return from the injured list. Since coming off the IL on Monday, Gurriel has started in four games and has gone 2-for-17 with one run and two RBI.

Johnston is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Pirates.

Johnston appears to be fading into a part-time role; he'll head to the bench for the third time in four games, with all those absences coming against right-handed pitchers. The downturn in playing time comes despite Johnston having turned in a productive June thus far with a .308/.397/.481 slash line over 15 games.

Hernandez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants.

Hernandez will be given a breather after he started in the first two games of the series and went 2-for-7 with a home run, a double, a walk and two RBI. The Marlins will go with Esteury Ruiz in left field on Sunday.