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Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton homered and recorded his fourth three-hit on Monday, leading his team to a 3-2 win over the Nationals in Washington.

Stanton took starter Tanner Roark deep for a two-run home run in the third inning. He doubled in the first and singled in the eighth, falling a triple shy of the cycle. He finished 3 for 4 with two runs and two RBI. He is hitting .316 and leads the National League in home runs (15) and leads the majors in RBI (49).

Nationals manager Matt Williams provided an update Monday on the status of outfielder Bryce Harper, who continues to recover from left thumb surgery.

"Bryce is just healing up," Williams said, per MASNsports.com. "He is able to do some things with the thumb. He is seeing the (occupational therapist), doing that. It is still early yet, though. He is still in the process of mild stretching, strengthening and letting that matte down and heal up before he can get aggressive with it. But he is progressing."

Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera, who left Sunday's game with a hamstring cramp, was in Monday's lineup against the Athletics. He's hitting .322 with seven homers and 42 RBI.

Marlins outfielder Marcell Ozuna went 2 for 3 with a walk and a solo home run to represent his team's entire offense in Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Brewers.

Ozuna's bat has been hot as of late, as he has three home runs and three two-hit performances over the last five days. He has hit .261/.307/.443 with nine home runs and 31 RBI in 176 at-bats.

Dodgers infielder Justin Turner went 2 for 4 with a solo home run in his team's 6-0 win over the Phillies Sunday.

Turner's second-inning home run increased his team's lead to 2-0, but one run would prove to be sufficient as starter Josh Beckett no-hit the Phillies Sunday. Turner has hit .239/.289/.364 with two home runs and eight RBI in 88 at-bats.

Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera left Sunday's game against the Rangers with a right hamstring cramp. He is considered day to day.

Cabrera went 1 for 3 with one walk before leaving the game. Cabrera entered Sunday batting .373 with a .675 slugging percentage and 1.090 OPS in 22 May games.

Athletics designated hitter Yoenis Cespedes certainly can't be blamed for his team's dismal offensive performance Saturday in Toronto.

Cespedes opened the scoring in the second inning against knuckleballer R.A. Dickey with his eighth home run and added a single and triple to raise his average to .254. His big game halted a 1-for-16 slide.

Rockies center fielder Charlie Blackmon, who has spent most the season tearing up opposing pitchers, has finally slumped and is out of the lineup Saturday against Atlanta left-hander Mike Minor.

Blackmon has just seven hits in his last 36 at-bats as his average has dipped from .355 to .322. He has not had an extra-base hit since May 10.

Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton put together his third multi-homer game of the season Friday, in a 9-5 loss to the Brewers.

Stanton clubbed a pair of home runs in the game, though neither came with runners on base; he was joined by Garrett Jones, who also hit two solo home runs. Stanton went 2 for 4 in the game, with two RBI and two runs scored thanks to his home runs.

Stanton is off to the best start of his career, after struggling through an injury-plagued 2013 season. He is hitting .314/.404/.616, ranking fourth in the NL in OPS, while also leading the league in home runs (14) and RBI (47) in 49 games.  

Marlins outfielder Marcell Ozuna homered for the second straight game Thursday against the Phillies. After hitting a grand slam Wednesday, Ozuna clubbed a two-run homer off Cole Hamels Thursday.

After being mired in a 8-for-57 slump to begin May, Ozuna is 4 for 8 (.500) in his last two games. He has two home runs, seven RBI and four runs since Wednesday.