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Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt hit his 19th home run of the season in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Angels. 

Goldschmidt hit his solo shot in the bottom of the first inning. Goldschmidt finished the game 2 for 4 and is now hitting an incredible .472 over his last 10 games. Goldschmidt has hit three home runs over this span as well. 

For the season, Goldschmidt holds a slash line of .363/.481/.679. 

Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman left Wednesday's game against the Red Sox in the top of the seventh inning with a wrist injury. Freeman was 0 for 3 prior to his departure.

The Braves are calling the injury a right wrist sprain, which has caused Freeman to receive a cortisone shot, and he will not be available for Thursday's series finale. He does hope to play on Friday against the Mets, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo broke an 0-for-20 skin with a two-run home run in the first inning of Wednesday's game against the Indians. The home run, his 12th of the season, but the Cubs up 6-0, but they would go on to put up another 11 on the board to take the 17-0 victory.

Rizzo, who went 2 for 4 with the homer and a double on Wednesday, has cooled down at the plate recently. Over his last 10 games, he's batting .220 (9 for 41), though he still has a solid .303 batting average on the season.

Reds first baseman Joey Votto is not in the starting lineup against the Tigers on Wednesday.

Votto, who is hitting .333 in his last 15 games, will be replaced by Chris Dominguez at first base.

Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman went 1 for 5 with a double, his 20th, in Tuesday's loss to Boston. 

Freeman scored and drove in his 41st run of the season. The double extended his hitting streak to six straight. He's hitting .346 over the streak. 

Paul Goldschmidt will be the designated hitter for the Diamondbacks' matchup with the Angels on Tuesday. Goldschmidt has started at first base in all but one game this season, so manager Chip Hale will use Tuesday's game in an American League ballpark as a way to get Goldschmidt some rest.

Danny Dorn, just recalled from Triple-A, will get the start at first base on Tuesday.

Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt hit his 18th home run of the season in Monday night's 7-3 win over the Angels. 

Goldschmidt hit a three-run bomb in the third inning. Goldschmidt finished the game 3 for 4 and also hit a double. Over the past 10 games, Goldschmidt is hitting .457 with two home runs, two doubles and eight RBI. 

Goldschmidt now holds a .366/.484/.678 slash line. 

Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt continued to be unstoppable at the plate during Sunday's 4-0 win over the Giants.

Goldschmidt went 2 for 3 with two walks and a run scored.

In his las five games, Goldschmidt is hitting a whopping .550 with 11 hits in 20 at-bats.

Reds first baseman Joey Votto went deep for the 14th time this season in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Cubs. Votto's home run, a solo shot in the fourth inning, brought the Reds to within a run, but it wasn't enough to avoid the defeat.

After his two-hit performance on Saturday, the slugging first baseman is batting .348 (16 for 46) with five home runs and 12 RBI in 12 games this month.

Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt continues to hit the ball well, adding two more notches to his ledger in Saturday's victory over the Giants. 

Goldschmidt's fourth-inning single drove in the D-Backs' fourth run, giving him 50 RBIs on the season. And, after going 2-for-4, Goldschmidt now leads the majors in batting average at .355. 

Goldschmidt has nine hits in his last four games to raise his average by 17 points.