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The Phillies announced that third baseman Cody Asche was removed from Wednesday's game against the Mets with a mild hamstring strain. Asche, who was 1 for 3 before exiting, is day-to-day.

Phillies third baseman Cody Asche was removed from Wednesday's game against the Mets with an apparent hamstring injury. Asche singled in the seventh inning and suffered the injury during the play before being replaced by a pinch runner.

Asche was 1 for 3 with a walk and a run before exiting.

Nationals second baseman Anthony Rendon is not in the team's starting lineup Wednesday against the Marlins. 

Rendon will be replaced by Steve Lombardozzi at second. Rendon is hitting .257/.316/.393 in 280 at-bats. 

Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez reached every time he was at the plate Tuesday against the Brewers.

Alvarez went 4 for 4, with two singles, a double and a home run. He walked in his other plate appearance, reaching five times. Alvarez is hitting .240/.302/.496 in 450 at-bats. 

Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson will hit second against the Tigers Tuesday.

Donaldson has been used as a middle-of-the-order hitter lately, but will get a chance to move up in the order. He's hitting .291/.370/.476 in 471 at-bats. Donaldson is facing off against Justin Verlander. 

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado had a three-hit night Monday in a win over the Giants. Arenado went 3 for 4 with three singles in the ballgame.

He didn't drive in any runs from the No. 5 spot in the order, but he did score twice for the Rockies in the 6-1 win. He's batting .269 on the season.

Arenado has gone 5 for 8 in his last two games with a double and three runs scored. He has 43 runs driven in and nine homers on the year over 401 at-bats as a 22-year-old.

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria will serve as the club's designated hitter Monday against the Royals. 

Longoria will be replaced by Kelly Johnson at third. Longoria is hitting .276/.351/.526 in 479 at-bats. 

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria did all he could to beat the Yankees Sunday. It wasn't enough in the 3-2 extra-inning loss. 

Longoria drove in both Tampa Bay runs in the game with his solo homer off Ivan Nova in t he sixth inning and an RBI single in the first. 

The HR was the 28th of the year for Longoria, who finished 2 for 5 with two RBI. He has 71 runs driven in on the year for the Rays. 

Longoria has gone 6 for 13 over his last three contests with a home run in each game and five RBI over that span. 

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado knocked a pair of hits against Miami on Sunday.

Arenado finished 2 for 4 with a run scored and an RBI in the victory. He also hit his 23rd double of the season in raising his batting line to .264/.301/.411.

Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson homered Sunday during a 10-3 loss at Baltimore. Donaldson went deep in the eighth inning for a two-run blast. 

Donaldson hit his 19th home run Sunday as he finished 1 for 2 with two walks. He drove in two runs and is batting .292. He added his third stolen base of the season. 

The 27-year-old Donaldson has 74 RBI on the year for Oakland. He's homered twice in his last five games with five runs driven in over that stretch.