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Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt continues to make a case for his MVP-like season thus far.

Goldschmidt went 4 for 5 with a home run, a double and two RBI in his team's 7-6 loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday.

Goldschmidt is now hitting a monstrous .349 with 17 home runs and 49 RBI in 212 at-bats this season.

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo has been pumping out multi-hit games with ease as of late.

He went 2 for 6 with two RBI in his team's 12-3 win over the Tigers on Wednesday. The multi-hit game was his fifth in his last six games.

For the season, Rizzo is hitting .327 with 11 home runs and 37 RBI in 208 at-bats.

White Sox firts baseman Jose Abreu slammed his 11th home run of the season during his team's 4-1 win over the Astros on Wednesday.

Abreu went 2 for 4 with a two-run shot to right field in the eighth inning, providing his team with a couple of insurance runs.

Abreu is hitting .283 with 11 home runs and 37 RBI in 212 at-bats this season.

Angels right fielder Kole Calhoun had team-high four RBI to propel the Angels to a 8-2 win over the Rays on Tuesday.

Calhoun went 3 for 5 at the plate with one run scored. His first RBI came in the first inning when he singled in Erick Aybar. He drove in four more on a single in the sixth and a single in the eighth inning.

Over his last eight games, Calhoun is 7 for 30 with five RBI.

White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu connected off Dallas Keuchel in the sixth inning for a two-run home run to help send the White Sox to a 4-2 win over the Astros on Tuesday.

Abreu finished the game 2 for 4 with two RBI. Over his last 12 games, Abreu is 14 for 49 with three home runs and 12 RBI.

Mets shortstop Wilmer Flores went 0 for 3 in Tuesday's no-hitter loss to San Francisco. 

Flores went hitless for the first time since May 29 as his eight-game hitting streak came to an end. 

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo went 0 for 3 in Tuesday's loss to Pittsburgh.

It was Rizzo's first hitless game since May 24 and brought his 12-game hitting streak to an end.

Rizzo walked once in the game.  

Reds first baseman Joey Votto went yard three times in Tuesday night's 11-2 blowout victory over the Phillies. 

Votto hit solo home runs off of Aaron Harang in the third and fifth innings and then crushed a two-run homer off of Dustin McGowan in the seventh. This is the first time this season that Votto has hit three home runs in one game. 

"Boy he had a great game," Reds manager Bryan Price said of Votto, per MLB.com. "Really set the table in the first inning by getting the walk. Brandon [Phillips] and Joey each getting the game going with two walks and sets the stage for [Jay Bruce's] hit, an RBI, and [Zack] Cozart with the three-run homer, which gave us a nice early cushion.

Votto now has 13 home runs for the season. He finished the game 3 for 4 and drew a walk. He's now hitting .300/.406/.560. 

When the batting average of Cubs slugger Anthony Rizzo fell to .316 on May 24, it was believed by many that an inevitable adjustment had begun.

After all, he had never hit better than .286 as a major leaguer.

Rizzo had an answer for the skeptics. He embarked on a 12-game hitting streak that has raised that average to .332, which ranks fourth in the National League. He is 17-for-44 during that stretch with six doubles and two home runs. His .608 slugging percentage is at its highest point since May 16.

With one hit in Monday's 11-3 win against the Marlins, Blue Jays outfielder Chris Colabello extended his hitting streak to 18 games, which gives him the longest streak in the AL this season.

The previous AL best was 17 games by Jose Abreu, and Colabello is just one game behind Wilson Ramos, who has the longest hit streak in the majors this season.

Collabello is batting .338 with a .372 on-base percentage, .527 slugging percentage and .899 OPS during the hitting streak. He also has three home runs, five doubles, 14 RBI, 11 runs, three walks, 16 strikeouts and one stolen base.