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Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe fell a triple shy of the cycle as he homered, doubled and drove home three runs in his first game back from the disabled list Saturday against the Tigers.

Plouffe hit a two-run home run in the fourth and singled in a run in the seventh inning. He finished 3 for 3 with a walk, two runs scored and three RBI in a 6-3 victory. He's hitting .270 with five homers and 20 RBI in 137 at-bats.

Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson (hamstring) returned to the lineup Saturday against the Mariners. He was 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 4-0 loss.

Donaldson 1 for his last 21. He is hitting .305 with nine home runs and 42 RBI in 68 games.

Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson returned to the lineup Saturday against the Mariners. Donaldson said Friday that his injured hamstring feels better and that he was ready to return. 

Donaldson enters with just one hit over his last four games spanning 17 at-bats.  

The Twins activated third baseman Trevor Plouffe from the 15-day disabled list after Friday's loss to the Tigers. Plouffe last played on May 21 and has endured two DL stints since, one for a concussion and the most recent trip for a calf injury.

Plouffe has hit .254/.333/.425 with four home runs and 17 RBI in 134 at-bats this season. He was 3 for 10 with one home run during his minor-league rehab assignment.

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado picked up two doubles as part of a 3-for-4 game against the Red Sox Friday, giving him 30 doubles on the season. He has nine more doubles than the six players tied for second in the category.

Machado has hit .322/.355/.488 with five home runs and 35 RBI this season.

The knotting in Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson's hamstring has subsided, and he expects to be back in the team's lineup Saturday against the Mariners, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Donaldson was out of the lineup Friday after injuring his hamstring in Thursday's extra-innings game against the Yankees. He has just one hit in 17 at-bats over his last four games.

Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Mariners, a day after leaving his team's 18-inning game against the Yankees with a hamstring injury.

Donaldson, who has hit .310/.377/.500 with nine home runs and 42 RBI in 252 at-bats this season, is just 1 for 17 in his last four games.

Nationals infielder Anthony Rendon is out of Friday's lineup against Cleveland, the Washington Post reports. 

Rendon is getting a day off with Steve Lombardozzi getting a start at second base. Rendon has a .308/.390/.404 line in 15 MLB games, including .370/.414/.519 in seven games since he was called up for a second time June 5.

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria is dealing with plantar fasciitis, but is hoping to stay in the lineup, according to the Tampa Bay Times. 

Longoria will likely DH throughout the weekend. Kelly Johnson has been playing third with Longoria at DH. Longoria is hitting .305/.362/.544 in 259 at-bats this year. 

The Rockies could use second baseman DJ LeMahieu at shortstop in the wake of Troy Tulowitzki's rib injury, the Denver Post reports.

Although the Rockies have called up Josh Rutledge, who played shortstop last season when Tulowitzki was hurt, LeMahieu played shortstop every day at Triple-A Colorado Springs before coming up to play second base this season. Both LeMahieu and Rutledge have extensive professional experience at both middle infield positions, so the Rockies can use whatever middle infield deployment they (or the players) feel most comfortable with.