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Frelick is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Cubs.

It's the third straight day Frelick has been out of the lineup, but this is the first of those that comes when the opposition is starting a righty. The Brewers will go with Jake Bauers in right field and Andrew Vaughn at first base in the series finale.

Chourio went 4-for-6 with a solo home run, a double and an additional run scored in Wednesday's win over the Cubs.

Chourio stayed hot Wednesday, pushing his hitting streak up to seven games. The star outfielder has a pair of four-hit efforts over that stretch and has gone yard four times since the streak began. He's hitting .287 with 21 homers, 58 RBI, 15 stolen bases and 74 runs scored over 476 plate appearances.

The Giants announced Tuesday that Bericoto (knee) has begun a hitting and throwing progression and will start running later this week, MLB.com reports.

On the shelf since Aug. 24 due to a right knee bone bruise, Bericoto is eligible for activation at any point, but he looks like he still has a few more checkpoints to hit in his rehab program before rejoining the Giants. Bericoto appeared to have faded into the short side of a platoon in left field prior to landing on the injured list.

Valdez is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game against the Giants.

After going 1-for-9 with six strikeouts in the first two games of the series, Valdez will take a seat in Thursday's finale. Bryan Reynolds has shifted over to right field, and Jake Mangum will cover left field for the Pirates.

Acuna went 3-for-5 with a three-run home run, a second run scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 9-0 rout of the Nationals.

The seventh-inning long ball off Max Kranick was Acuna's 14th of the season, while the steal was his 20th, but it's the homer that put his name in the record books as the 200th of his career. The star outfielder reached that mark in just 904 games, and combined with his 225 stolen bases, he became the fastest player in MLB history to join the 200-200 club, surpassing Alfonso Soriano's record of 929 games. Per Ian Nicholas Quillen of MLB.com, the next four names on the list are just as impressive -- Eric Davis (1,053 games), Bobby Bonds (1,065), Sammy Sosa (1,094) and Barry Bonds (1,094). Acuna has had a tough, injury-plagued season overall, but he's catching fire for the stretch run, batting .455 (10-for-22) over his last six contests with a homer, two steals, four RBI and six runs.

Myers went 3-for-4 with a run scored in Wednesday's 7-3 win over the Padres.

Getting the start in center field and batting sixth even with right-hander Casey Mize on the mound for San Diego, Myers delivered his second three-hit effort in his last six games. The 30-year-old is making a case for more playing time as the Reds try to stay in the NL wild-card race, and over his last 15 contests he's slashing .308/.368/.500 with three home runs, one steal, four RBI and eight runs.

Bleday went 3-for-4 with a double, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Wednesday's 7-3 win over the Padres.

The 28-year-old outfielder put together his best performance since banging out four hits in Arizona on Aug. 22, erasing a rough stretch in which he'd hit just .129 (4-for-31) with zero extra-base hits during the nine games between those offensive eruptions. Bleday's feast-or-famine nature limits his fantasy utility and underscores his .222/.333/.437 slash line on the year, but he's set a new career high in 2026 with 22 homers, and he's five RBI shy of the career-best 60 he recorded in 2024 with the A's.

Carroll started in right field and went 0-for-3 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Phillies.

Carroll, who experienced lower-back discomfort Tuesday but stayed in that game, was back in the starting lineup a day later. Not only did he play nine innings in the field, but Carroll also swiped his 21st base of the season. With the team not on Thursday's MLB slate, the back will get rest before the Diamondbacks resume play Friday against the Astros in Houston.

Tucker went 1-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base in Wednesday's 8-6, extra-inning loss to the Cardinals.

Tucker has gone 11 games without a multi-hit effort, but he has three steals and an 8:3 BB:K in that span. The outfielder is up to 10 steals on the year, though that's a slight disappointment for a player who had logged at least 25 steals in three of the previous four campaigns. He's batting just .227 with a .679 OPS, 11 home runs, 58 RBI, 71 runs scored, 20 doubles and three triples over 131 contests in his first year with the Dodgers.

Hernandez went 3-for-5 with a double and a stolen base in Wednesday's 8-6, extra-inning loss to the Cardinals.

Hernandez has four multi-hit efforts over his last seven games, going 10-for-28 (.357) in that span. However, the outfielder has just two extra-base hits during that stretch. He's batting .253 with a .712 OPS, 12 homers, three steals, 46 RBI, 53 runs scored, 15 doubles and one triple over 103 contests. Hernandez continues to see the bulk of the playing time in left field for the Dodgers.