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Crews is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Cubs.

It's a routine day off for Crews, who is hitting only .210/.310/.306 with no home runs in 19 contests since returning from a long stint on the injured list. Daylen Lile will patrol right field and bat cleanup for the Nationals.

Stowers (oblique) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Jacksonville on Friday, Daniel Alvarez-Montes of ElExtraBase.com reports.

As expected, Stowers will begin his minor-league rehab assignment Friday, likely the last step in his recovery from a strained left oblique. The outfielder has been sidelined since Aug. 17 and shouldn't require too many games at Jacksonville before being reinstated from the injured list.

Reynolds went 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored Thursday against the Dodgers.

Reynolds played a key part in a four-run fourth inning for the Pirates, singling in a run and then coming around to score. He's underwhelmed for large stretches of the season but has five home runs, 19 RBI and 18 runs scored across his last 32 games while hitting .296.

Cruz is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Dodgers.

Southpaw Blake Snell is on the bump for the Dodgers, marking the fifth straight game the left-handed-hitting Cruz has been out of the lineup versus a lefty (when healthy). The 26-year-old is slashing a woeful .106/.212/.183 with a 36.4 percent strikeout rate against left-handed pitching this season, so he now appears to find himself in a platoon. Alexander Canario will be in center field and bat seventh for the Pirates on Thursday.

Frelick isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Phillies.

Although he usually remains in the lineup against southpaws, Frelick will get a chance to rest his legs while the Brewers face Ranger Suarez in Thursday's series finale. Jackson Chourio, Blake Perkins and Isaac Collins will start across the outfield with Frelick out.

Atlanta activated Profar from the paternity list Thursday.

Profar missed the final two games of the series against the Cubs while welcoming a new baby to the family, but he'll be ready for the start of the weekend series against the Mariners. The switch hitter is slashing .253/.386/.471 with nine homers and eight steals in the second half.

Castellanos is not in the lineup for Thursday's game in Milwaukee.

Castellanos picked up two hits and scored two runs in Wednesday's loss to the Brewers, but he'll find himself on the bench Thursday for the fourth time over the last 10 contests. Brandon Marsh, Harrison Bader and Max Kepler will form the Phillies' outfield trio in Thursday's series finale.

Tatis went 1-for-5 with a solo home run Wednesday in a loss to Baltimore.

Tatis brought the Padres to within two runs with his 414-foot solo blast in the seventh inning, but that ended up being the team's final tally. The long ball was just the second for the slugger over his past 36 contests. While Tatis has been a great source of steals with 27 thefts in 33 attempts, his power output has been somewhat disappointing this year -- he has 19 homers across 609 plate appearances after belting 21 long balls over 438 plate appearances during the regular season last year.

Collins went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in a 6-3 win over the Phillies on Wednesday.

It was the ninth homer of the year and the third game with at least three hits for Collins. The switch hitter had a .635 OPS as of May 31, but he's made a huge impact for the Brewers since the start of June. Collins is slashing .296/.391/.487 with 25 extra-base hits, 47 RBI, 40 runs scored and nine stolen bases over his last 273 plate appearances to push his OPS up to .804 for the campaign.

Wiemer went 2-for-2 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 10-5 loss to the Nationals.

The 26-year-old outfielder took Mitchell Parker deep in the fifth inning, giving Wiemer his first homer in the majors this season. Through eight games since joining the Marlins' roster, he's batting .259 (7-for-27) with six RBI, but a 0:14 BB:K offers little reassurance that he'll remain productive.