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Happ went 2-for-4 with a double and a solo home run in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Royals.

Happ went long against Kansas City starter Seth Lugo in the sixth inning for his 19th home run of the season. The veteran outfielder is on the cusp of his fourth straight 20-homer campaign and the sixth of his 10-year MLB career. Overall, Happ is slashing .212/.322/.411 across 114 games, and he's chipped in 49 RBI and 67 runs scored as well.

Merrill went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, an additional RBI and a stolen base in a 3-2 win against Houston on Saturday.

Merrill plated the Padres' first run on a bases-loaded fielder's choice in the first inning. He added a 421-foot solo shot to center field in the third. The 23-year-old has been hot to begin August, batting .344 (11-for-32) with two homers, nine RBI, seven runs and two stolen bases through eight games. Merrill is still batting a modest .242 on the season, but he's faring much better with a .333 mark and seven of his 18 homers across 22 games since the All-Star break.

Pages went 2-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base in Saturday's 2-1 extra-inning win over the Diamondbacks.

Pages logged a steal for the first time since he swiped two bags versus the Phillies on July 22. The outfielder is batting .286 (8-for-28) with two extra-base hits over seven contests in August. On the year, Pages is hitting .270 with a .794 OPS, 19 home runs, 11 steals, 75 RBI, 66 runs scored, 23 doubles and two triples over 116 games.

Tucker went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a second run scored in Saturday's 2-1 extra-inning win over the Diamondbacks.

Tucker opened the scoring in the eighth inning with his homer. He's up to 11 long balls on the year, including four over 19 games since the All-Star break, a span in which he's hitting .242 (15-for-62) with six RBI. The outfielder is now hitting .244 overall while adding a .725 OPS, 53 RBI, 64 runs scored, 18 doubles, two triples and seven stolen bases over 110 contests.

Carrigg went 2-for-5 with two doubles, two runs, two RBI and a stolen base Saturday in an 8-6 victory versus the Cardinals.

Jake McCarthy carried Colorado's offense with four hits, including two homers, but Carrigg did his part too with a pair of doubles, including a two-run two-bagger in the third inning. The rookie outfielder has recorded 14 multi-hit efforts through his first 49 MLB games, leading to a .296/.379/.506 slash line. He's added five homers, 13 doubles, three triples, 35 runs, 30 RBI and six stolen bases.

McCarthy went 4-for-5 with two home runs, four total runs scored, three total RBI and two stolen bases in an 8-6 win over the St. Louis on Saturday.

McCarthy wasted little time making an impact, drilling a 420-foot homer on Matthew Liberatore's first pitch of the game. He added a two-run shot in the sixth inning and stole a base after each of his additional hits (both singles). McCarthy has made a big impact both for the Rockies and fantasy managers this season, slashing .305/.341/.526 with a career-high 13 homers, a career-high 67 RBI, 56 runs and 20 stolen bases through 102 games. His .857 OPS is 18th best in the majors.

Mangum went 3-for-5 with two doubles, one RBI, one steal and two runs scored during the Pirates' 9-0 win over the Mets on Saturday.

Mangum set a season high in doubles and logged his eighth game of at least three hits, his first since the All-Star break. The 30-year-old Mangum is enjoying a productive first season in Pittsburgh, slashing .300/.354/.380 with 21 steals (in 28 attempts), three home runs and 26 RBI across 345 plate appearances.

Acuna went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Yankees.

The star outfielder took Brent Headrick deep in the eighth inning as Atlanta tried to mount a late comeback. Acuna has found his power stroke late in the season, and five of his 12 homers on the year have come in the last nine games -- a stretch in which he's batting .270 (10-for-37) with six RBI.

Kepler isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers.

Kepler will take a day to regroup Saturday after going just 1-for-14 with three walks and five strikeouts in five games since the beginning of August. Lars Nootbaar will start in left field while Kepler rests, moving Gabriel Moreno into the DH spot and giving James McCann a start behind the plate.

Benge (wrist) isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Pirates.

Benge made an early exit from Friday's game after jamming his left wrist while making a sliding catch, and although all imaging done on his wrist came back negative, the Mets will keep him on the bench Saturday -- and possibly for a few additional games -- while he manages a bone bruise. Brett Baty will start in right field and bat sixth.