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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. 

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve went 3 for 5 in Friday's win over Boston. 

Altuve is 6 for 9 in his last two games. He's hit in 11 straight games. He's hitting .395 with 1.075 OPS over the streak. 

Altuve scored twice and drove in two runs, giving him 35 on the year. 

The Yankees recalled outfielder Ramon Flores from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday after placing right fielder Carlos Beltran on the disabled list due to an oblique strain. 

New York also recalled Gregorio Petit from Triple-A and cleared a roster spot by demoting outfielder Taylor Dugas to Triple-A.

Athletics shortstop Marcus Semien hit his seventh home run of the season against the Mariners on Thursday.

Semien hit a solo blast off Mariners starter Roenis Elias in the fifth inning to put his team up 3-0. He finished the game 1 for 3 with a RBI.

The home run was Semien's first in 158 at-bats.