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Astros first baseman Chris Carter pushed his hitting streak to 12 games with a 1-for-4 effort on Thursday. Carter's lone hit was a double in the fourth inning, but he was stranded. Carter also struck out three times int he 3-2 loss to the Orioles.

The power-hitting Carter is batting .375 (15 for 40) during his hit streak, including three home runs and three two-baggers. He's also struck out 16 times in the 12-game span. 

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo continues to make great strides hitting left-handed pitchers. After batting .208 in 2012 and .189 against lefties in 2013, Rizzo hit .300 off lefties in 2014 and is batting .429 against southpaws in 2015.

"I honestly just think about being as short as I can (with the swing) against lefties," Rizzo said, per the Chicago Tribune. "I’m not trying to do too much off them.

"It’s all confidence, really. The ball is falling. A couple hits fall, and you feel good. I’m seeing the ball very well off them."

Reds first baseman Joey Votto hit his 10th home run of the season during Wednesday night's 5-4 loss to the Phillies. 

Votto hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning that gave the Reds some insurance runs. The Philles responded with four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and ultimately won the game in 11 innings. 

Votto is no hitting .325 over his past 10 games. 

He now has a slash line of .293/.387/.521 for the season. 

White Sox designated hitter Jose Abreu went 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBI in his team's 9-2 win over the Rangers on Wednesday.

Abreu has missed time this week while dealing with a finger injury, but he was none the worse for wear on Wednesday, knocking a two-run homer to cap a six-run second inning and coming back with an RBI single in the fourth. He could be in for more time as the designated hitter as he continues to recover from the injury, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

"Just to make sure throwing wise, the finger that it’s on is on his throwing hand," manager Robin Ventura said. "We want to make sure that if something does happen … we wouldn’t have to do the thing we did the other day, where we had Flow [Tyler Flowers] going to first base. DH is the safest spot [for Abreu] and having LaRoche over at first. If something happens, we can adjust."

Abreu has hit .286/.343/.497 with nine home runs and 32 RBI in 185 at-bats.

Astros first baseman Chris Carter went 2 for 3 with a pair of solo home runs in his team's 3-1 win over the Orioles on Wednesday.

Carter put his team on the board with a second-inning home run, then retook the lead with another home run in the fifth. With the home runs, Carter has now put together an 11-game hitting streak. The big night upped his line to .205/.311/.398 with 10 home runs and 29 RBI in 176 at-bats.

Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman added a pinch of power at the plate again on Wednesday, blasting a pair of homers in Wednesday's 9-8 loss to Arizona.

Freeman took Rubby De La Rosa deep for a three-run home run in the second inning. He smacked a solo home run off De La Rosa in the fourth for his final hit of the afternoon. He finished 2 for 5 with two runs scored and four RBI. He is hitting .299 with 10 homers, 33 RBI and a .362 on-base percentage.

White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu was back in the starting lineup Wednesday at Texas after missing three games due to a finger injury. However, he was the DH and not starting at first base.

Abreu is batting .276 with one double, one triple, two home runs, five runs and seven RBI in his last seven games.

Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt reached base in all five plate appearances in Tuesday's win over the Braves. But he only recorded one hit in the game, his 13th double of the season.

Goldschmidt walked four times on Tuesday, twice intentionally. Its the third time this year, and second time in three days, that he had four walks in a game and his .471 on-base percentage currently ranks tops in the National League. 

He is currently riding a six-game hitting streak, and has reached base safely via a hit or a walk in 13 straight contests. 

Reds first baseman Joey Votto drove in two runs in Tuesday's loss to Philadelphia, giving him four RBI in the last three games. 

Votto went 2 for 5 with a double, his ninth. The two RBI give him 26 on the year. 

White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu was hoping to return to the starting lineup Tuesday against the Rangers after sitting out two games due to a finger injury. However, he was held out a third straight game, as Adam LaRoche once again started at first base in Abreu's absence.

Abreu is batting .293 with one triple, three doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI in his last 25 games.