Valencia went 2-for-3 with a walk in Tuesday's 9-6 loss to the Athletics. He was also caught stealing on his only attempt.
The veteran infielder has snapped out of an early-season funk, with Tuesday's pair of hits boosting his May line to .345/.410/.545 with two doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI. Valencia hit just .181 in April, but he's raised his season average 73 points to .252 by hitting safely in 12 of his 14 games this month. The 31-year-old has also doubled his .222 BABIP from April to .444, while his hard contact rate has shot up from 23.6 to 38.5 percent thus far in May.