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Tigers right fielder J.D. Martinez hit a solo home run in Friday's loss to Minnesota. 

Martinez went 2 for 5 and hit his 25th home run of the season. He has four homers in the last seven games and 11 RBI in the last nine. 

Martinez has hit in 10 of the last 11 games.

Tigers left fielder Yoenis Cespedes went 3 for 5 in Friday's loss to Minnesota. 

Cespedes hit a three-run home run and had his fourth multi-hit game in the last seven. He now has 13 home runs and three in the last five games. 

Cespedes has hit in eight straight games. He's hitting .368 over the streak. 

Indians left fielder Michael Brantley went 1 for 5 with two RBI in Friday's win over Oakland. 

Brantley hit in his fourth straight game and is 7 for his last 16. He had his first multi-RBI game since July 2. 

Athletics left fielder Mark Canha hit his seventh double of the season, one of just two extra base hits the team managed in Friday's loss to Cleveland. 

Canha went 1 for 4 and extended his hitting streak to six games. He's hitting .381 over the streak. 

Tigers left fielder Yoenis Cespedes ahs been a force offensively since the start of July, and he continued that during Thursday's win over the Twins.

Cespedes went 2 for 4 with a double and a RBI in the victory.

Since July 1, Cespedes is hitting .293 with 12 hits, four doubles, two home runs and five RBI.

Twins center fielder Byron Buxton, who is recovering from a thumb injury, has been running, throwing and squeezing a training ball with his left hand as he continues his rehab, per Twincities.com.

Buxton has been on the 15-day disabled list since June 26.

Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera has started his rehab process as he works his way back from a medial calf strain, per MLB.com.

Cabrera has started physical therapy, been given a platelet-rich plasma injection and taken hyperbaric chamber treatments for the strain. In good news, Cabrera's Achilles tendon was not involved in the injury.

"We're hoping that he will be able to return in the six-week time frame. That's our hope," team trainer Kevin Rand said. "It's going to take [whatever] time it takes."

Cabrera is expected to miss six to eight weeks with the injury.

Yoenis Cespedes was one of four Tigers players to homer during a 7-6 loss in 11 innings to the Mariners on Tuesday. 

Cespedes tied the game at six in the eighth inning with a two-out, solo home run off Fernando Rodney. It was his 12th home run and second in as many games.

He has hit safely in six of seven games in July. He is batting .281 (9 for 32) with two home runs, three doubles, four RBI, six runs and six strikeouts in that span.

Indians outfielder Michael Brantley went 3 for 4 with a solo home run and two runs scored in Tuesday's 2-0 win over the Astros. Brantley had gone 46 games since his last longball, as he hadn't homered since May 14. 

"It felt good," Brantley said, per MLB.com. "It was a big swing at the time of the game. To go up 2-0 instead of 1-0; and one swing away, now they're two swings away."

His fifth home run of the season gave the Indians their second run in the sixth inning. He's now batting .282 over his last 10 games.

"Everybody in here knows we've got to finish this homestand strong before we go into the All-Star break," Brantley said. "And then when we come back from there, we'll start from day one just like we've been playing lately. We've been playing good, competitive baseball, we've been pitching well, and we've got to continue to do that to be successful in our division."

Outfielder Yoenis Cespedes joined the hit parade Monday night in Seattle. He homered and singled as part of a 19-hit onslaught and lopsided win for the Tigers.

His solo blast in the sixth cut the deficit to 5-4 and began a 9-0 blitz over a two-inning period. He also scored in the seventh.

The big game pushed his hitting streak to four and gave him seven hits in his last 19 at-bats.