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A source told the New York Post there is a good chance Mets infield prospect Wilmer Flores will be called up in the next week to fill in at third base for the injured David Wright (hamstring). However, Flores isn't expected to be promoted Tuesday.

Flores is batting .322 with a .532 slugging percentage, .890 OPS, four triples, 15 home runs, 35 doubles and 86 RBI in 106 games for Triple-A Las Vegas. Flores is considered the Mets' fourth-best prospect by MLB.com.

Mets vice president of player development Paul DePodesta wrote in an email to ESPN the roster need for other positions if what's keeping infield prospect Wilmer Flores at Triple-A Las Vegas. Flores is batting .322 with a .526 slugging percentage and .883 OPS in 105 games for Las Vegas.

"He hasn't come up because the major-league infield is full," DePodesta wrote. "[David] Wright and [Daniel] Murph[y] have been healthy until last night, and we have three other guys who could use ABs at first base."

Angels recent call up outfielder Kole Calhoun hit his first big league home run Friday night during a 7-5 win over the Blue Jays.

Calhoun delivered in the eighth inning off Steve Delabar for a two-run shot that untied the score and gave the Angels the 7-5 win.

Calhoun finished the game 4 for 5 and has gone 6 for 9 in his last two contests after a relatively slow start.

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo continued to swing a hot bat as he homered twice Thursday night against the Dodgers.

Rizzo took Ricky Nolasco deep for a solo home run in the opening frame and launched another solo shot in the eighth inning. He finished 2 for 3 with a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in a 6-4 defeat.

Rizzo has three homers over his last two games. He has a .245/.339/.458 slash line with 17 homers and 62 RBI in 404 at-bats.

Marlins second baseman Donovan Solano chased Mets' All-Star Matt Harvey from Thursday's game in the sixth inning with a two-out, two-RBI single. It was just Solano's second multi-RBI game this season -- both coming in his last eight games.

Solano is batting .294 (10 for 34) with one double, one home run and eight RBI in his last 10 games.

Twins first baseman/outfielder Chris Colabello wrapped up July having hit safely in four of his last six games. Colabello hit .316 (6 for 19) with two home runs, four RBI and four runs in that span.

Reds first baseman Joey Votto doubled, walked and drove in two runs during Wednesday's 4-1 win at San Diego. After managing one multi-hit game in his first 18 July appearances, Votto finished with four multi-hit games in his last nine July games.

Votto hit a season-low .287 in July and also had a season-low two home runs. However, he managed at least 20 walks for the third time in four months. Votto also had a season-high eight doubles in July. He also had one triple, 11 RBI and 17 runs in 27 games.

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo doubled and hit a two-run homer during Wednesday's game against the Brewers. He's batting .412 (7 for 17) with one home run, two RBI, two runs and four walks in his last five games.

"I just have been hitting the ball well for a little while now," Rizzo said, per ESPN. "I have been putting good swings on the ball and taking the walks have been a big plus as well." 

Rizzo hit .210 in July, but he managed at least 12 RBI for the fourth straight month. He's hit better than .231 just once this season, batting a season-best .295 in May.

"This has been an ever-going process," Rizzo said. "You just have to show up every day and prepare. I just try to grind the at-bats out and go from there."

Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman followed up his two RBI game Tuesday with another big performance Wednesday against the Rockies.

Freeman went 4 for 4 with four singles, while reaching base a fifth time via walk. He drove in two runs and scored two more, while finishing the month of July with five runs scored and six RBI in his final two games.

Freeman batted .315 in the month of July, with four home runs, 18 RBI and 19 runs scored in 92 at-bats. 

Indians catcher Carlos Santana played the hero in his team's 6-5 win over the White Sox Wednesday, going 2 for 5 with two RBI and a walkoff home run in the 10th inning. The home run was Santana's first since July 7.

Santana owns a .272/.376/.458 line with 12 home runs and 48 RBI in 349 at-bats.