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Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman continued his productive ways on Saturday night against the Cubs. He went 1 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored in a 6-5 win.

Freeman singled home Justin Upton in the eighth inning and came around to score later in the frame on a Ramiro Pena base hit.

The 23-year-old is batting .412 (7 for 17) through the first five games with one homer and seven RBI.

Angels Triple-A outfielder Kole Calhoun suffered a fractured hamate bone in his right hand during Thursday's game. He is expected to be out for four-to-six weeks, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Indians catcher Carlos Santana picked up his first home run of the season as part of a three-hit performance in his team's 10-8 loss to the Blue Jays Thursday night. He finished just a triple short of the cycle.

Santana is hitting .462/.500/.846 in 14 plate appearances through his first three games of 2013. His Indians will face the Rays in Tampa this weekend.

After starting the season going 1 for 6, Marlins second baseman Donovan Solano bounced back with his first multi-hit game of the season Thursday at Washington.

Solano reached on an infield single in the fourth inning and slapped another single in the sixth. He finished 2 for 3 with a walk in a 6-1 defeat. The 25-year-old is hitting .333 with a .455 on-base percentage this season.

Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt hit his first home run of the season Wednesday.

Goldschmidt went 3 for 8, with a homer and two singles in the start. He played all 16-innings of the game at first. Goldschmidt also scored one run and plated two RBI.

Goldschmidt is coming off a breakout 2012, in which he hit .286/.359/.490 over 514 at-bats.

Reds first baseman Joey Votto waited for an opportune time to record his first hit of the 2013 campaign Wednesday against the Angels. After going 0 for 1 with two walks in his three at-bats, he came up in the bottom of the ninth inning with one on, one out and the game tied 4-4.

Votto hit a hard grounder that deflected off the glove of first baseman Albert Pujols and drove in the game-winning run.

"It's important to get that first win and get the winning going," Votto said.

Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard was hitless for the second straight game Wednesday, going 0 for 3 with a walk and two strikeouts against the Braves in a 9-2 loss.

Howard missed play last April while recovering from injury but started the 2010 season on fire, hitting .524/.522/.952 in his first five games. He'll look to get his season on track against Kris Medlen Thursday.

Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman capitalized on his excellent career numbers against starter Roy Halladay to finish Wednesday's 9-2 win with two hits, a walk, a run and three RBI. He's 5-for-7 with one home run and six RBI in the team's first two games.

Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman heads into Wednesday's showdown with the Phillies with a favorable history against starter Roy Halladay. Freeman is batting .467 (7 for 15) with three homers, nine RBI and two walks in his career against Halladay.

Freeman homered on opening day against the Phillies, going 3 for 4 with three RBI. Freeman's opening-day home run comes after a torrid spring, in which Freeman hit .342 (26 for 76) with seven homers and 16 RBI in 26 games.

Astros first baseman/outfielder Chris Carter had another quiet night at the plate on Tuesday against the Rangers. He went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts in the 7-0 loss.

Carter is 0 for 7 with four strikeouts through two games.