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Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado has been unstoppable at the plate over the last few weeks, and that continued on Thursday against the Diamondbacks.

Arenado extended his hitting streak to 12 games by going 1 for 3 with a walk, a home run and two runs scored. He hit his 20th home run of the year off Diamondbacks starter Rubby De La Rosa in the sixth inning.

Over his last 12 games, Arenado is hitting .370 with 17 hits, five home runs and 13 RBI.

Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon was not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Braves, reports The Washington Post. Rendon was replaced by Yunel Escobar at third. 

Rendon has been dealing with a sore left quad and Matt Williams said he gave Rendon the day off to rest, reports MASNsports.com. Over his last six games, Rendon is batting .333 with two RBI.

The Nationals are favored (-155) over the Braves on Thursday. 

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado continued his torrid offensive stretch Tuesday at Boston by compiling his fifth straight multihit game. He went 2 for 5 with one double and one RBI.

Since May 31, Machado has produced 14 multihit games. He has a .391/.434/.696/1.130 slash line in that span. He has also has four doubles, eight home runs, 20 RBI, 22 runs, seven walks and four stolen bases in his last 22 games.

Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu hit a home run in Tuesday's win over Arizona. The homer was his first since May 31 and fourth of the year. 

LeMahieu went 1 for 3 with a walk and two runs scored. He drove in his 33rd run. 

Nationals second baseman Anthony Rendon was a perfect 4 for 4 at the plate to help lead the Nationals to a 3-1 win over the Braves on Tuesday.

Rendon scored a run and he also drove in a run when he hit a single off Alex Wood in the first inning, which drove in Denard Span.

Over his last eight games, Rendon is 11 for 32 with five RBI.

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado hit two home runs in Tuesday's win over Arizona. 

Arenado went 2 for 4 with four RBI and homered for the second straight game. 

Arenado extended his hitting streak to 10 games. He's hitting .385 with  1.246 OPS over that span. 

Cubs third baseman Mike Olt went 0 for 3 during a rehab game for the team's Triple-A affiliate Tuesday. He also struck once in his first rehab game at Triple-A.

Olt is on the disabled list with a wrist injury. He has not played since April 14.

Cubs third baseman Mike Olt (wrist) and reliever Neil Ramirez (shoulder) will have their rehab assignments moved from Double-A to Triple-A on Tuesday, according to 670 The Score.

Olt is batting .444 (4 for 9) with one triple, two doubles, three walks and five runs in three games for Tennessee. Ramirez hasn't allowed a run, hit or walk in two innings for Tennnessee. He also has three strikeouts.

Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson is not in the starting lineup for Monday's game. Donaldson had started four straight and 11 of the last 12. 

Danny Valencia will start Monday, for the sixth time this season. He's the only player other than Donaldson to start at third base for the Blue Jays this year. 

Manager John Gibbons said it was a day off for Donaldson, per Sportsnet.

An injury to Zack Cozart has thrust Reds reserve shortstop Eugenio Suarez into a starting role. Initial returns were not good, but Suarez certainly came on strong this weekend against Miami.

Suarez slammed five hits in the series, including two doubles, to raise his average from .150 to .258.

He could remain the starter the rest of the year with Cozart done. That will allow him to become more comfortable with his new situation. After all, he was just promoted on June 11.

"It's hard because I got there and [there were] new things, new guys, nobody knows me," he told MLB.com. "Now, I know everybody and I got my family here, my heart here now. ... Now I feel like family."