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Padres first baseman Yangervis Solarte was tossed from Thursday's game against the Cardinals after striking out on a check swing in the top of the sixth inning.

Solarte disagreed on the umpire's call that he swung at a third strike. He finished the game 1 for 3 with a solo home run, his third of the season.

The Nationals will start infielder Danny Espinosa at shortstop for Thursday's game at Atlanta, reports MASNsports.com.

He will bat second and replace Ian Desmond, who was given the day off. Over his last 10 games, Espinosa is hitting .194 with two doubles and three RBI.

The Nationals are favored (-180) at Atlanta on Thursday.

Astros infielder Jose Altuve collected three hits in Wednesday evening's 6-5 win over the Royals. 

Altuve hit three singles and also reached base by getting hit by a pitch. Altuve's hitting streak extended to 10 consecutive games. Altuve also stole two bases, giving him 23 for the season.

Altuve now has a slash line of .298/.342/.421 this season. 

Dodgers outfielder Enrique Hernandez collected three hits in Wednesday night's 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks. 

Hernandez was a home run away from the cycle as he went 3 for 5 with a single, double and triple. The triple was his second of the year and the double was his seventh. Henderson now has a slash line of .269/.310/.484. 

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa went 3 for 5 at the plate during Tuesday's 6-1 win over the Braves.

Espinosa scored two runs and also had one RBI. Prior to his three-hit game Tuesday, Espinosa was hitting .179 with one double and four RBI in his last 11 games.

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve smacked his seventh home run of the season Monday to send the Astros to a 6-1 win over the Royals.

Altuve hit the solo shot off Joe Blanton in the third inning. It was his only hit in three at-bats during the contest. He also walked once.

Prior to Monday's contest, Altuve was hitting .250 with one home run and three RBI in his last 12 games.

Shortstop Elvis Andrus had a nice day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with an RBI, but it wasn't enough to keep the Rangers from dropping a series to the Blue Jays. 

Andrus got Texas on the board with his sixth-inning RBI single, and also added a double and stolen base, to continue a nice run in which he's hit in five of his last six games. 

Andrus, who also had a three-hit game earlier in the week, has seen his average rise from .237 to .251 over the past 10 contests. 

The Yankees sent second baseman Gregorio Petit down to the minor leagues Sunday, the team announed.

Petit is hitting .184 with five RBI in 18 games this season. With Petit moving down, the team will promote pitcher Esmil Rogers. Rogers has a 6.27 ERA over 33 innings this season. 

Padres infielder Yangervis Solarte went 3 for 5 with a double and an RBI in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Solarte drove in the final San Diego run in the sixth inning, putting the game well out of reach for Arizona.

This makes back-to-back multi-hit games for Solarte, but he is still hitting just .242 over his last 10 games.

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve broke a 32-game homerless drought with a sixth-inning solo blast on Saturday. His sixth home run of the season tied the game at 6-6, but the Astros would suffer a 9-6 loss to the Yankees.

Altuve is now riding a modest six-game hitting streak, during which he is hitting at a .320 clip. He seems to be showing no ill-effects from the hamstring issue that cost him a few games recently.