Phillies: First baseman Bryce Harper made a short-lived return to the Phillies’ lineup, with the All-Star set to sit out Wednesday night against the Dodgers because of a bruised left hand. Harper — who had missed the previous nine games with a strained left hamstring — was hurt at an unspecified point in Tuesday’s 10-1 win over the Dodgers. Phillies manager Rob Thomson said Harper’s hand was bruised on a groundball in the first inning. Harper, though, clearly grabbed his hand and hunched over in pain on a second-inning chopper by Miguel Rojas. All-Star third baseman Alec Bohm moved to first and Edmundo Sosa started at third base for the Phillies. Harper is hitting .299 with 20 homers and 58 RBIs for the Phillies, who entered Wednesday with the best record in baseball. A two-time NL MVP, Harper won consecutive National League Player of the Month awards in May and June. He’s near the top of the NL in several categories, including average, homers, RBIs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and on-base plus slugging percentage. Harper said Tuesday he would play in the July 16 All-Star Game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. Thomson also said All-Star right-hander Zack Wheeler was still “a little sore” but no structural damage was found after an MRI on his back. Wheeler left his start Tuesday night after five innings with left low back tightness but still picked up his 10th win. He threw 76 pitches on a steamy night in Philadelphia. Thomson said he didn’t know yet if Wheeler would make his next scheduled start, on Sunday against the A’s. The 34-year-old Wheeler conceded his back has bothered him at least since a June 22 win over the Diamondbacks in Philadelphia. He took the loss in his June 27 start against the Marlins. “I landed kind of hard here on the mound before we left for that road trip,” Wheeler said Tuesday. “It just tightened up on me then and just had to deal with it and treat it.”

Yankees: The Yankees moved rookie Ben Rice into the cleanup spot as part of a lineup shake-up for Wednesday night’s game against the Rays, which ended too late for this edition. The Yankees entered the game with a majors-worst 5-16 record since June 15. The Yankees, still in an AL wild-card spot, had the best record at 50-22 through June 14. Rice is just the sixth player in team history to have at least five HRs in his first 19 games. The first baseman homered in Tuesday’s 5-3 loss to the Rays after becoming the first Yankees rookie to go deep three times in a game on Saturday vs. the Red Sox.

Rangers: Adolis García will represent the host Rangers in Monday night’s Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. García was knocked out by the Rays’ Randy Arozarena last year in the first round at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park. The Mets’ Pete Alonso, Phillies’ Alec Bohm, Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson, Braves’ Marcell Ozuna, Guardians’ José Ramírez and Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. previously committed to the eight-player field. Alonso will participate in his fifth straight Home Run Derby, trying to win for the third time.