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Nationals second baseman Anthony Rendon pushed his hitting streak to six games Wednesday against the Diamondbacks, tying a season high with three hits. Rendon has five multi-hit games during his hitting streak.

Rendon is batting .462 (12 for 26) with three doubles in his last six games. He has gone 10 games without a home run or RBI, but Rendon is batting .392 (29 for 74) with a .554 slugging percentage and .970 OPS in 18 games since his early June recall.

"He’s swung the bat like a veteran," manager Davey Johnson said, per MLB.com. "He’s hit every pitch that’s thrown up there at him. He’s got a quick bat and he’s aggressive, he hits all types of pitches."

When DJ LeMahieu inherited the starting job at second base for the Rockies just over a month ago, I doubted he could hold down a regular role. With Josh Rutledge back with the club and filling in at shortstop while Troy Tulowitzki (rib) is on the disabled list, it may still seem like only a matter of time before LeMahieu gets squeezed out of the lineup, particularly when Tulowitzki returns.

Not only is Rutledge struggling, but LeMahieu is making a strong case to hold down the keystone position. Just as he's done in the minors, LeMahieu is hitting for average, batting .291, and he's made good on all nine of his stolen base attempts. There's actually room for LeMahieu to improve his batting average, as he is striking out at a much higher rate than he had in the minors. Meanwhile, he rarely pops out and uses his speed to maintain a high batting average on balls in play. LeMahieu could actually maintain his .351 BABIP and inch his batting average above .300.

Over the last 28 days, LeMahieu ranks 11th among second basemen in standard Rotisserie and Head-to-Head value. Though he doesn't walk or homer much, LeMahieu can continue to help enough with average and steals to be worth starting in far more than 18 percent of the Fantasy leagues on CBSSports.com.

Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez has been named the National League player of the week. 

Alvarez hit .414 with a .452 on-base percentage. He clubbed four home runs. Alvarez is hitting .237/.303/.513 in 236 at-bats. He's hit 19 home runs. 

Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez continued to swing a red-hot bat as he homered for the fourth time in as many days Sunday afternoon against the Angels. 

Alvarez, who was bumped to the No. 3 slot in the order, unleashed a solo home run in the first inning. He added a double and finished 2 for 5 with two runs scored and an RBI in a 10-9 win in extras.

It Alvarez's his fourth consecutive multi-hit game. He is hitting .563 (9 for 16) with three doubles, four homers and eight RBI during that span. He has hit safely in each of his last eight games. He is hitting .237 with 19 homers and 51 RBI in 236 at-bats.

Nationals second baseman Anthony Rendon went 2 for 5 with one strikeout and one double Sunday against the Rockies. It was his ninth double.

Rendon had his third multi-hit game in his last four starts and eighth multi-hit game since his early June recall. Rendon is batting .369 (24 for 65) with one home run, five RBI and eight doubles in 16 games since his recall.

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado hit his sixth home run of the season in his team's 7-1 win over the Nationals Saturday. It was his only hit in four at-bats.

Arenado has turned things around after a sluggish May, hitting .286/.318/.476 with two home runs and 10 RBI in 84 at-bats this month. Saturday's home run was his second on the road, where he's hit just .234/.273/.340 in 94 at-bats.

Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez homered and recorded multiple hits for the third consecutive game Saturday against the Angels, going 2 for 4 with a second-inning solo home run. He is 7 for 11 with three homers and seven RBI in his last three games.

Alvarez has put together a seven-game hitting streak while raising his line to .234/.301/.498 in 231 at-bats. His 18 homers are tied for fourth in the National League.

Rockies infielder DJ LeMahieu had his third multi-hit game in a row Saturday in a 7-1 win over the Nationals.

LeMahieu went 3 for 5 with his first home run in the first inning. LeMahieu drove in two runs and scored one while extending his hitting streak to five games. 

LeMahieu has nine hits over his last five games, raising his batting average from .267 to .299.

Brewers shortstop Jean Segura went 2 for 5 and stole two bases in his team's 7-4 loss to the Astros Thursday. The steals give him seven for the month of June and 22 for the season.

Segura has hit .260/.280/.425 with two home runs in 73 at-bats in June, cooling down after hitting .354/.393/.550 in April and May.

Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez was a one-man wrecking crew during Thursday's 5-3 win at Cincinnati. Alvarez accounted for all five of the team's RBI.

Alvarez plated one run on a single in the third inning, another run on a solo homer in the sixth and three more runs on a bases-clearing double in the seventh inning, which broke open a 2-all game. Alvarez, who went 3 for 4, entered play Thursday mired in a 6-for-30 slump in his previous eight games.

Alvarez now has six home runs and 19 RBI in 18 June games.