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Giants third baseman Matt Duffy stayed hot at the plate in Saturday's 7-5 win over the Rockies. Duffy filled up the boxscore by going 3 for 4 with a double, a solo home run, two RBI and three runs scored.

Duffy's home run, his seventh of the season, was a solo shot in the fifth inning to bring the Giants to within a run. They would tack on three more in the seventh to claim their seventh win in the last 11 contests.

Duffy has been right in the middle of the success in that 11-game stretch, as he is hitting .355 with two home runs and 10 RBI.

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria homered and doubled in Saturday's win over Boston. 

Longoria had two extra base hits in a game for the first time since May 26. He went 2 for 4 and extended his hitting streak to five games. He's hitting .400 over that span (8 for 20). 

Longoria hit his eighth home run and drove in his 34th run. He added his 15th double of the year. 

Left fielder Eduardo Escobar managed one of seven hits for the Twins on Saturday in Milwaukee, but it not only jump-started his team, it proved to be the difference in the game.

Escobar smashed a three-run homer in the fourth inning that turned a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 lead in a three-run win. It was his fourth home run of the season and gave him 26 RBI this season.

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado was an offensive terror on Friday night, as he went 2 for 4 with two home runs and four RBI in the 8-6 win over the Giants. 

Arenado blasted a three run shot in the sixth inning off Tim Hudson to give the Rockies a 4-1 lead. Then Arenado added a solo shot in the ninth inning to make the score 8-3.

The star third baseman is up to 22 home runs on the year now, and he has an astounding six home runs over his last five games. 

Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning of Friday's loss to Milwaukee. 

Plouffe went 2 for 4 and went deep for the 10th time this year, snapping a 13-game home run drought. 

Plouffe now has 40 RBI on the year.

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado went 1 for 4 in Friday's win over Cleveland. 

Machado's single extended his hitting streak to eight games. He's hitting .429 with 1.074 OPS over the streak. 

Blue Jays pinch hitter Danny Valencia hit an eighth-inning home run in Friday's win over Texas. 

Valencia's solo shot was his fourth of the season and third in the month of June. It was his second career pinch homer and first since August 27 of last year. 

The Nationals are going to have to play a long stretch of games again without second baseman Anthony Rendon, who is headed back to the disabled list due to a left quadriceps strain. The Nationals announced Friday that Rendon was placed on the 15-day disabled list, with the move retroactive to June 25.

Manager Matt Williams said an MRI on Rendon's quad showed "some pretty good changes in there." Rendon said he can continue to swing a bat while on the disabled list.

Rendon began the season on the disabled list due to a left knee sprain and left oblique strain. He missed the first 52 games.

Rendon hit .290 (20 for 69) with five doubles and five RBI in 18 games since making his season debut. The Nationals will likely turn to Danny Espinosa to man second base in Rendon's absence.

Reds shortstop Eugenio Suarez went 2 for 5 with a walk in Thursday's win over the Pirates.

With the multi-hit performance, Suarez extended his hitting streak to six games. Over that stretch, he is hitting .440 with 11 hits, two doubles and two RBI. 

Giants third baseman Matt Duffy had two hits, including his second triple of the season in Thursday's 13-8 win over the Padres. 

Duffy went 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored, bringing his average up to .288 on the year. He snapped an eight-game hit streak on Wednesday, but his bat has been hot all month, as he is batting .284 in 21 June games.