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France went 2-for-3 with an RBI single in a win over the Angels on Friday.

France's timely third-inning single plated Mitch Haniger, snapping a 1-1 tie in the process. France has been trending upward for some time, as he now sports a .313/.352/.417 slash line and nine RBI over the 54 plate appearances covering his last 13 games.

Freeman went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer, a stolen base and two runs scored in Friday's 7-6 loss to the Rays.

Freeman smoked a two-run homer off J.P. Feyereisen in the fifth to give Atlanta a 5-3 lead and added three singles in the game as well. He reached for the final time in the ninth and ended up stealing his fifth base of the year. The 31-year-old is swinging an extremely hot bat right now. He's hit safely in 16 of his last 18 games and is slashing .437/.518/.690 with four homers, 12 RBI, 13 runs scored and 11:14 BB:K over that span. After a very slow start to the year, Freeman has upped his slash line to .281/.387/.503 with 20 homers, 52 RBI, 60 runs scored and a 55:72 BB:K over 393 plate appearances.

Gurriel went 3-for-4 with a walk, a double and two RBI in Friday's 7-1 win over the White Sox.

Gurriel gave Houston a lead it would never relinquish with a two-run double that plated Jose Altuve and Michael Brantley. He's been consistent over the past month, never going more than one game without a hit over the last 24 contests.

Guerrero went 2-for-3 with a walk, two home runs, three runs scored and four RBI in Friday's 10-2 rout of the Rangers.

The young slugger led a five-homer barrage for the Jays, taking Jordan Lyles deep for a solo shot in the first inning before crushing a three-run blast off Dennis Santana in the sixth that left Sahlen Field entirely. Guerrero is up to 30 homers on the year, three back of Shohei Ohtani for the major-league lead, and his .335 batting average and 77 RBI also lead MLB.

Cron went 1-for-3 with a grand slam and a walk in Friday's 10-4 loss to the Dodgers.

Cron homered with the bases loaded in the third inning off Julio Urias. He drove in all four of Colorado's runs in the game. The first baseman has homered in back-to-back games dating back to before the All-Star break. His 13 long balls rank second on the team behind Ryan McMahon's 16. Cron's 12.1 percent walk rate is double his career mark and he has maintained a strikeout rate right around his career norm. That, and batting at Coors Field, has helped him to a career-high .846 OPS through 279 plate appearances this season.

Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to the Giants on Friday.

With the Cardinals down by six in the seventh inning, Goldschmidt clobbered a 440-foot solo shot to center field for what proved to be the game's final run. The long ball extended his hitting streak to 11 games, during which the veteran is slashing .386/.471/.659 with three homers, nine RBI and seven walks.

Wade went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in Friday's 7-2 victory versus the Cardinals.

After coming up empty in his first two at-bats, Wade took Adam Wainwright deep to right field in the fifth inning to break a 1-1 tie. The long ball was his eighth in 120 at-bats this season. It was also only his second hit in a rough July during which he is batting .100 (2-for-20) overall.

Rizzo went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in a 5-1 win against the Diamondbacks on Friday.

Rizzo's fourth-inning home run gave Chicago the lead for good and he tacked on a single in the eighth. The long ball was his first of the month and puts the first baseman on pace for a career-low 22 along with his lowest OPS since 2014 at .789.

Olson went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a run, RBI and strikeout as Oakland beat Cleveland 5-4 on Friday.

Olson doubled and scored in the third, singled in the fifth and doubled in the seventh to record three hits for the first time since June 19. The All-Star improved his slash line to .287/.374/.574 with the effort and is now top 11 in baseball in both doubles and home runs.

Cronenworth went 4-for-5, hitting for the cycle while adding four RBI in Friday's 24-8 drubbing of Washington.

Impressively, it took Cronenworth just six innings to complete the second cycle in the majors this year. He lined out in his first at-bat but followed up with a two-RBI double in the second inning. The 27-year-old added an RBI triple in the third, a solo shot in the fifth and an infield single in the sixth to complete the historic feat. Cronenworth is up to 13 homers, 38 RBI, 64 runs scored and four stolen bases while slashing .284/.356/.481 through 388 plate appearances.