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Phillies third baseman Cody Asche had a night to remember Tuesday, going 4 for 4 with a double and a grand slam in his team's 6-5 loss to the Blue Jays.

Asche opened the season on the last day of March by going 3 for 4 with a home run and four runs, but it was pretty much downhill after that before his big performance Tuesday. He has hit .257/.321/.446 with three home runs and 11 RBI in 74 at-bats.

Nationals infielder Anthony Rendon went 1 for 3 with a walk and a two-run home run in his team's 4-0 win over the Dodgers Monday.

Rendon put the Nationals on the board immediately, smacking a first-inning home run after leadoff man Denard Span reached base on a double. Rendon has hit .292/.331/.515 with five home runs and 23 RBI in 130 at-bats.

Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez was 2 for 7 with a home run, two runs and four RBI in his team's 11-10, 13-inning loss to the Giants Monday.

Alvarez smacked a three-run home run in the second inning to give his team a 4-2 lead, which they extended to 8-2 in the fifth on a rally started by Alvarez's RBI single. However, the Giants battled back to 8-7 before tying the game up at 9-9 in the seventh inning and again at 10-10 in the ninth, then taking home a victory in extra innings. Alvarez has hit .215/.317/.430 with eight home runs and 22 RBI in 121 at-bats.

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado launched a two-run home run in the second inning of Monday's 8-2 win over the Rangers, extending his hitting streak to 25 games. He finished 1 for 2 with two walks, a run scored and two RBI.

Arenado has raised his slash-line from .200/.216/.400 to .313/.336/.515 during his current 25-game hit-streak. He has homered twice and plated in six runs in his last three games.

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado went 2 for 5 with a grand slam in his team's 11-10 win over Mets Saturday.

Arenado's blast capped off an eight-inning fifth inning that brought his team back from a 6-0 deficit. He also extended his hitting streak to 23 games while continuing to serve as a force in the middle of the Rockies lineup. Arenado has hit .313/.326/.492 with five home runs and 20 RBI in 128 at-bats.

Phillies third baseman Cody Asche went 1 for 4 with a solo home run in his team's 7-2 win over the Nationals Saturday.

Asche knocked his home run in the fourth inning to give his team a 4-0 lead, and it was his first long ball since his season debut in March. He has hit .221/.293/.368 with two home runs and seven RBI in 68 at-bats.

Cubs third baseman Mike Olt is not in the team's starting lineup Friday against the Cardinals. 

Olt is in a bit of a slump, with just four hits over his last 10 games. He'll be replaced by Luis Valbuena at third. Valbuena will hit second in the order. Olt is hitting .164 in 61 at-bats.

As expected, Brewers shortstop Jean Segura is back in the lineup for the Thursday night game against the host Reds. He has not started since teammate Ryan Braun nailed him in the face with the bat on a practice swing Saturday.

Segura, who has pinch-hit twice since then, is batting .244, which is 50 points under the average he compiled in 2013.

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado extended his major-league leading hitting streak to 20 games with a single in the sixth inning Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Arenado has failed to record a hit in just five of 29 games this season.

During his hitting streak, Arenado is batting .358 (29 for 81) with a .506 slugging percentage and .875 OPS. He has two home runs, six doubles, nine RBI, 11 runs, two walks, seven strikeouts and one stolen base in that span.

Nationals infielder Anthony Rendon delivered a huge line Wednesday, going 4 for 5 with two doubles, one home run, two runs scored and three RBI in his team's 7-0 win over the Astros.

Rendon knocked in two runs with a fourth-inning double then clubbed a solo home run in the sixth inning as part of his second four-hit game in the span of a week. He has hit .316/.352/.544 with four home runs and 20 RBI in 114 at-bats.