MLB Player News

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado went 2 for 4 with a two-run home run in his team's 11-4 loss to the Dodgers on Monday.

Arenado slugged a homer to center field in the fourth inning off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw that was measured at 431 feet, per Statcast. It was his third straight game with a home run, and he's managed to rack up six homers in his last eight games.

"He's staying behind the ball better than he did the last couple of years," manager Walt Weiss said after the game, per MLB.com. "We'd see him out on his front side a lot, and that's something that he and [hitting coach] Blake [Doyle] have really worked on and talk about consistently."

With his recent power stretch, Arenado looks well on his way to topping his career-high 18 homers from last season. He has hit .289/.330/.578 with 13 home runs and 37 RBI in 180 at-bats.

Nationals infielder Anthony Rendon (knee, oblique) was in Washington, DC on Monday to get in a workout at Nationals Park. However, he is not ready to be activated off the disabled list.

"[His timing is] still a little off," manager Matt Williams said, per MLB.com. "He still feels like he's a touch off. But he's only had a limited number of at-bats, so the more at-bats he has, he's a fairly quick study in that regard because there aren't a whole lot of moving parts and he's short. It comes quickly for him, but it's important for him to get at-bats and keep going with it, and so he'll get more of those in the days to come."

Rendon will return to Double-A Harrisburg on Tuesday to resume a rehab assignment. He needs to get more at-bats and continue to work on his timing, according to MASNsports.com.

Rendon is 2 for 11 with one double, one walk and three strikeouts in three games since resuming his rehab assignment.

Brewers shortstop Jean Segura almost added another piece of history to Sunday's 7-6 win over the Diamondbacks. The 17-inning marathon was the longest game in Brewers history, and Segura almost became the seventh player in franchise history to hit for the cycle.

Segura went 4 for 8 with a two singles, a double and a triple -- falling a home run short of the cycle. He also added two RBI in the win.

Segura is hitting .282 with two home runs and 14 RBI this season.

Braves second baseman Jace Peterson hit a bases-loaded triple to erase a one-run deficit in the ninth inning, to cap Sunday's win over San Francisco. 

Peterson went 2 for 5 and hit his third triple of the season. The three RBI gave him 21 on the year. 

"I don't think anybody ever feels out of a game," Peterson said to MLB.com. "Everybody is going to keep competing and battling. So, no matter what the scoreboard says, we're going to fight."

Phillies third baseman Cody Asche went 2 for 4 and scored his team's only run in a 4-1 loss to the Rockies on Sunday.

Asche improved his batting average to .256 for the season with two home runs and four RBI in 117 at-bats.

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado set the tone early in his team's 4-1 win over the Phillies on Sunday. 

Arenado slammed a two-tun home run in the first inning to give his team a 2-0 lead. He drove in second baseman DJ LeMahieu. Arenado finished the game going 1 for 4 with a home run and two RBI.

"We're just playing good ball right now," Arenado said to the Associated Press. "We're pitching great, we're driving in runs when we need to and we've had a lot of success doing that. ... And it's a lot of fun."

Arenado is hitting .285 with 12 home runs and 35 RBI in 176 at-bats this season.

"He's been a clutch hitter since he showed up at the Major League level," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said to MLB.com. "That's been his history. His first year he went through some growing pains just like young players do in this league, but he's always been a good hitter. That's been his track record, so this isn't surprising."

Rockies 2B DJ LeMahieu said goodbye to the month of May with yet another scorching hot game. LeMahieu was 3 for 4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in his team's 4-1 win over the Phillies on Sunday. 

With his team leading by just one run in the fifth, LeMahieu smashed a two-run home run to left field, giving his team a 4-1 lead.

In his last 17 games, LeMahieu is hitting .349 with two home runs and 11 RBI.

Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe went 2 for 4 with a two-run home run in his team's 6-5 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday.

Plouffe helped complete a comeback in the sixth inning, with his two-run shot evening the score at 4-4. The multihit performance was his fifth in his last seven games. Plouffe has hit .279/.352/.488 with eight home runs and 29 RBI in 172 at-bats.

Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson went 1 for 4 with a walk and a solo home run in his team's 6-5 loss to the Twins on Sunday.

After the Blue Jays lost a three-run lead in the sixth inning, Donaldson briefly put his team back on top with his homer in the top of the seventh. However, the Twins were able to score two runs in the bottom half of the inning to retake the lead for good.

"I'll tell you what, he has been amazing," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said to MLB.com. "He's got that knack and that's why he's an elite player. That's not easy to do, consistently like he has been doing. Thank God we've got him."

Donaldson has homered six times in his last six games and now owns a .312/.372/.604 line with 15 home runs and 39 RBI in 202 at-bats.

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado went 3 for 5 with two home runs and three RBI in his team's 9-5 loss to the Rays on Sunday.

Machado's first homer came with a man on base and his team down 7-2 in the seventh inning, and he followed it up with a solo shot in the ninth. The third baseman hadn't homered since May 11 and hadn't even driven in a run in his previous nine games before exploding offensively on Sunday. Machado has hit .270/.333/.470 with eight home runs, 22 RBI and seven stolen bases in 185 at-bats.