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Phillies left fielder Cody Asche hit his fourth home run of the season during Thursday's loss to the Brewers.

Asche went 3 for 5 with two RBI. He hit a two-run blast off Brewers starter Matt Garza in the second inning.

Over his last 12 games, Asche is hitting .381 with 16 hits, two home runs and five RBI.

Brewers shortstop Jean Segura went 3 for 5 with two RBI in Thursday's win over the Phillies.

Segura singled to right field in the fifth inning, bringing two runners around to score.

The three-hit performance snapped a 0-for-14 streak at the plate for Segura over his last three games.

Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu is getting a rest on Thursday, as he is being held out of the starting lineup against the Diamondbacks. LeMahieu had started 34 of the last 35 games for the Rockies, and he's been struggling lately.

Over his last 10 games, LeMahieu is batting a meager .132 (5 for 38). So he'll get a day off on Thursday, with Daniel Descalso getting the start at second base. 

Pirates designated hitter Pedro Alvarez hit his 11th home run of the season in Wednesday's game over the Tigers.

Alvarez went 2 for 5 with a RBI. His solo home run came in the eighth inning off Tigers relief pitcher Joba Chamberlain.

Alvarez is hitting .370 with 10 hits, three doubles, a home run and seven RBI over his last eight games.

Brewers shortstop Jean Segura was held out of the starting lineup Wednesday against the Phillies. It was the first time in 15 games he did not start and just the second time since coming off the disabled list May 29.

Segura is hitless in his last three games (14 at-bats). He is batting just .119 in his last 15 games, which has dropped his season average from .289 to .249.

Reds shortstop Eugenio Suarez hit a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to Minnesota. Suarez went deep for the second time this year and first since June 13. 

Suarez is 6 for his last 13 and has four RBI in the last two games. 

Nationals infielder Anthony Rendon took batting practice on Tuesday, the first time he has done such since landing on the disabled list with quad injury on Friday. Rendon already missed the first two months of the season with knee and oblique injuries.

He has not started running yet, but he can participate in baseball activities, according to MASNSports.com.

Reds shortstop Eugenio Suarez never batted over .288 in the minors. He hit just .242 as a rookie in 2014. But the numbers don't lie - he is now at .316.

Of course, 57 at-bats is a small sample size. But Suarez has been hot for a while. He slammed three more hits Monday night against Minnesota to push his average to .406 (15-of-37) over his last nine starts and give him five multi-hit games in the last six.

Suarez, who hit his third double during that stretch Monday, also managed his first three-RBI game of the year.

Brewers shortstop Jean Segura is posting virtually the same numbers this season as he did a year ago. But that's not good considering his production in a breakout 2013.

Segura was showing some promise into mid-June before a recent slide. He is batting a mere .143 (7-for-49) since June 13 with no extra-base hits and just two runs scored. He has bottomed out with his current .259 average.

Phillies left fielder Cody Asche went 2 for 3 with one run and one walk in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader against the Nationals after going 0 for 3 in the first game. He was lifted from both games in the seventh inning.

Since returning from the minors May 29, Asche is batting .242 with one home run, five doubles, five RBI, eight runs, four walks and 19 strikeouts in 26 games.