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Drew Gilbert CF | SF
Giants' Drew Gilbert: Belts eighth homer
Gilbert went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in a 6-1 victory over the Diamondbacks on Thursday.
Gilbert led off the Giants' half of the first inning with a 407-foot solo shot to right-center field. He added a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning to snap a 1-1 tie. The 25-year-old has gone 5-for-12 over his past four games, with four of his knocks (three doubles and a homer) during that span going for extra bases. Gilbert hasn't started either of San Francisco's past two games against a lefty starter, so he appears locked into the strong side of a center-field platoon.
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Jackson Chourio LF | MIL
Brewers' Jackson Chourio: Monster performance in rout
Chourio went 4-for-5 with a pair of two-run home runs, a stolen base and two additional runs scored in Thursday's 8-2 win over the Mets.
It was perhaps a season-best performance by Chourio, who delivered his third multi-homer game of the year and matched a season high in RBI. Additionally, the four-hit effort was his third of 2026. The dynamic outfielder is slashing a healthy .283/.345/.477 with 19 long balls, 54 RBI, 14 stolen bases and 68 runs scored over 447 plate appearances.
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Jung Hoo Lee RF | SF
Giants' Jung Hoo Lee: Out again Thursday
Lee (elbow) isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Diamondbacks, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Lee will miss a second consecutive start Thursday after being a late scratch from Wednesday's lineup due to an elbow bruise. While he takes an extra day to recover, Turner Hill, Jonah Cox and Drew Gilbert will form the Giants' outfield trio.
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Ronald Acuna Jr. RF | ATL
Braves' Ronald Acuna: Exiting starting lineup
Acuna is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Dodgers.
It's Acuna's first day off since he returned from the injured list exactly one month ago. Atlanta will roll out Mike Yastrzemski in right field while Acuna gets a day to rest.
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Daylen Lile LF | WAS
Nationals' Daylen Lile: Homer, three hits in win
Lile went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, an additional RBI and two total runs scored in Thursday's 7-1 win over the Rockies.
Lile opened the scoring in the first inning with an RBI single before extending Washington's lead to 4-1 in the fifth with a 399-foot blast off Gabriel Hughes, his 18th homer this season. Lile has been hot at the plate of late, going 12-for-28 (.429) with three homers and nine RBI in his last seven contests. Overall, the outfielder is slashing .251/.300/.424 with 74 RBI, 69 runs scored and 13 stolen bases across 556 plate appearances this year.
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Kyle Tucker RF | LAD
Dodgers' Kyle Tucker: Exiting lineup against lefty
Tucker is absent from the lineup for Thursday's contest in Atlanta.
Tucker is 1-for-9 at the plate in the first two games of the series and is sporting a lowly .575 OPS in August, so it's not surprising that he'll exit the lineup as Atlanta sends Chris Sale to the mound. Alex Call is in right field and will bat seventh for the Dodgers.
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TJ Friedl CF | CIN
Reds' TJ Friedl: Sticking with Reds
Friedl cleared outright waivers Thursday and will remain with the Reds, Charlie Goldsmith of Fox 19 Now Cincinnati reports.
The Reds placed Friedl on waivers earlier this week in an effort to save some money, but no team was willing to pay the remaining $700,000 on his contract to acquire a player that's slashed just .158/.242/.234 this season across 253 plate appearances. The 31-year-old will enter his second year of arbitration eligibility during the offseason, but Cincinnati's attempt to pass him along to another team suggests that the team won't offer him a contract this winter.
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Dante Nori OF | PHI
Phillies' Dante Nori: Returns from IL
Nori (lower body) went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, a stolen base, two RBI and two runs Tuesday for Double-A Reading after being reinstated from the 7-day injured list.
Nori had been on the shelf since June 9 due to a lower-body injury and completed a five-game rehab assignment between Single-A Clearwater and High-A Jersey Shore before rejoining Reading. Through 53 games in the Eastern League this season, the 21-year-old outfielder is hitting .250/.313/.377 with three home runs and 13 stolen bases.
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Jonah Cox CF | SF
Giants' Jonah Cox: Cracks two-run shot in loss
Cox went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Wednesday's 10-9 loss to the Reds.
Cox got San Francisco on the scoreboard with a two-run homer in the second inning, and he drew a leadoff walk in the fifth before coming around to score. He's homered in two of his last three outings and is batting .240 with four runs scored, three RBI and two home runs in 26 plate appearances since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento on Aug. 14. Overall, he's slashing .255/.269/.529 with nine runs scored, six RBI, four stolen bases and three long balls across 55 plate appearances at the big-league level this season.
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Mickey Moniak LF | COL
Rockies' Mickey Moniak: Absent from Thursday's lineup
Moniak is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Nationals.
It's a routine day off for Moniak, who started each of the previous seven contests. The 28-year-old is just 5-for-33 at the plate during that stretch. Zac Veen, Cole Carrigg and Troy Johnston will play the outfield and Jake McCarthy will slot in at designated hitter for the Rockies.