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Freddie Freeman 1B | LAD
Braves 1B Freddie Freeman smacks two homers in loss to D-Backs
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.
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Jose Abreu 1B | HOU
White Sox's Jose Abreu starts at DH in return to lineup
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.
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Paul Goldschmidt 1B | NYY
Diamondbacks 1B Paul Goldschmidt walks four times on Tuesday
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.
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Joey Votto 1B | TOR
Reds' Joey Votto drives in two runs in loss
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.
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Jose Abreu 1B | HOU
White Sox 1B Jose Abreu (finger) unable to start Tuesday
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.
"The swelling has decreased," general manager Rick Hahn said, per MLB.com. "He still has a little bit of a bruise on the finger below the knuckle that hasn't completely resolved itself. We're going to hold him out today, keep him away from activity again today, but hopefully tomorrow start ramping up again and hopefully have him back out there in the not-too-distant future. It's just not quite to the spot where we want to put him out there in games."
"You could send him out there and one swing could probably send him back five more days," Ventura said. "It's gotten a lot better than it was in Houston. It's just not to a point where I'm comfortable having him go out there and swing full-time in a game."
Abreu is batting .293 with one triple, three doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI in his last 25 games.
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Chris Colabello 1B | MIL
Blue Jays' Chris Colabello pushes hit streak to a dozen games
Blue Jays outfielder Chris Colabello extended his current hitting streak to 12 games with a 1-for-4 effort in Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Nationals. Colabello, who didn't make his season-debut until May 5, is batting .362 with three home runs and eight RBI during his hit streak.
Of note, Colabello has been held hitless in just five of the 26 games he's played in this season, which has helped lead him to his current .364 batting average for the season.
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Freddie Freeman 1B | LAD
Braves 1B Freddie Freeman collects three RBI in Monday's win
Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman smacked a two-run home run off Archie Bradley to help send the Braves to a 8-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Monday.
"I always see the ball good here," Freeman said after the game, per MLB.com. "It's a great batter's eye. It's just one of those things that when I come here I hit well. Hopefully, I didn't just jinx myself for the next two games."
Freeman finished the game 3 for 5 with two runs and three RBI. Over his last five games, Freeman is 7 for 19 with three home runs and six RBI.
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Donovan Solano 1B | TEX
Adeiny Hechavarria 2B | ATL
Marlins' Adeiny Hechavarria out of lineup for third straight
Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria is out of the starting lineup for the third consecutive game on Monday.
Hechavarria started the first 49 games of the season, until a shoulder bruise sidelined him for Saturday and Sunday's games. The injury will keep him out of Monday's lineup as well.
For the third straight day, Donovan Solano will replace Hechavarria at short. He'll bat eighth in the lineup.
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Anthony Rizzo 1B | NYY
Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo extends hitting streak to five games
Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo is torching pitchers as of late. He went 2 for 5 and extended his hitting streak to five games in his team's 2-1 win over the Royals on Sunday.
Rizzo is hitting .318/.439/.572 with nine home runs and 29 RBI in 173 at-bats this season.
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Jose Abreu 1B | HOU
White Sox 1B Jose Abreu expecting to return to the lineup Tuesday
White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu missed his second consecutive game on Sunday with a finger injury, but is expecting to be back in the lineup on Tuesday, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Abreu received an X-ray on the injured finger on Friday, but knew it wasn't broken. However, it was still causing him a tremendous amount of pain, something that made it even harder to watch on the sidelines.
"I don't like to be on the bench, that's for sure," Abreu said through an interpreter. "I come here every day trying to help the team win, and when you're on the bench and see your teammates playing and you're unable to help them, it's frustrating."
Abreu is hitting .282 with eight home runs and 29 RBI in 181 at-bats this season.