MLB Player News

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa had the biggest hit of the night in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Orioles. Espinosa launched a go-ahead, three-run home run in the top of the sixth inning to give his club a 6-4 lead.

The home run was Espinosa's 10th of the year, making this the first time he's reached double digits in homers since 2012. 

Rays utility player Logan Forsythe homered during a 9-7 loss to the Royals on Wednesday. He connected for his ninth home run in the fourth inning -- a solo homer off Jeremy Guthrie.

Since June 2, Forsythe has hit four of his career-best nine home runs. He is batting .273 with a .364 on-base percentage, .397 slugging percentage and .761 OPS in his last 34 games. He has three doubles, 13 RBI, 14 runs, 13 walks, 28 strikeouts and four stolen bases in that span.

Athletics shortstop Marcus Semien almost brought his team back to a victory on Wednesday with one swing of his bat.

Semien hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning that cut the Yankees' lead down to 5-4, but that's as close as they would get. Semien finished the game 1 for 4 with two RBI.

Semien extended his hitting streak to six games with the home run, his eighth of the year. Over the hit streak he is hitting .286 with six hits, two home runs and four RBI.

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve ended his 14-game hit streak with an 0-for-4 effort on Tuesday. Altuve had hit .375 during the streak, which brought his season average up from .287 to .303--though it dipped back down to .299 after being held hitless on Tuesday. 

Astros All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve pushed his hitting streak to 14 games on Monday against the Indians. He went 2 for 4 with one double, one RBI, one run and one walk.

Altuve has managed four multihit games during his hitting streak. He is batting .375 (21 for 56) with two home runs, five doubles, eight RBI, 15 runs, four walks, six strikeouts and seven stolen bases in his last 14 games.

Altuve's hit streak is tied for the longest of his career, per Baseball-Reference.com. He also had a 14-game hit streak last season.

Nationals infielder Danny Espinosa went 2 for 4 in Monday's loss to Cincinnati, the second day in a row Espinosa has had multiple hits in a game. Espinosa has hit in the last three and his 5 for his last 10. 

Espinosa had his 15th double and ninth home run of the year in the game. It's the first time he's had multiple extra-base hits in a game since getting two doubles on June 30. He went deep for the first time since June 10. 

Angels second baseman Johnny Giavotella has opened July with a four-game hit streak, as he went 2 for 5 with two RBI and two runs Sunday against the Rangers.

Giavotella had a sac fly in the second inning and an RBI single in the third. He also had his 13th double Sunday.

Giavotella is batting .368 (7 for 19) with two doubles, four RBI, two runs and two sac flies through four July games.

The American League starters for the 2015 All-Star Game on July 14 were announced Sunday. The Royals will send four starters to the Summer Classic, with Salvador Perez, Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon leading the votes in their respective positions.

Angels outfielder Mike Trout will make his fourth consecutive All-Star appearance. He received the most votes of any outfielder and the second most on the AL roster.

Catcher: Salvador Perez, Royals
First baseman: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers (injured)
Second baseman: Jose Altuve, Astros
Third baseman: Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays (top AL vote-getter)
Shortstop: Alcides Escobar, Royals
Outfield: Mike Trout, Angels
Outfield: Lorenzo Cain, Royals
Outfield: Alex Gordon, Royals
Designated Hitter: Nelson Cruz , Mariners

Dodgers shortstop Jimmy Rollins gets a rest on Sunday, as he's out of the starting lineup for the first time in 12 games. Rollins had started 15 of the previous 16 games at short. 

In his place, Enrique Hernandez gets his ninth start of the year at short. 

Padres third baseman Yangervis Solarte homered for the second time in three days in Saturday's loss to St. Louis. 

Solarte snapped a 57 game homer drought on Thursday. He now has four homers on the year.