Plouffe went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Rangers.
Plouffe smacked the first of three Oakland round trippers, a 401-foot solo shot to left in the second. The veteran third baseman's bat is starting to come around after a moribund April, as he's now hitting .294 with two home runs in May. Plouffe's average had dipped to .191 as recently as May 5, but he's compiled a .409 average, .515 wOBA and 38.9 percent hard-contact rate in the subsequent six games.