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Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard drove in a pair of runs on his 18th career triple Wednesday against the Marlins. It was his first triple since 2011.

The triple was Howard's lone hit and he's managed just one multi-hit game in his last 11 appearances (10 starts). He's batting .216 (8 for 37) with one home run, one triple, three doubles and four RBI in his past 11 games.

Paul Goldschmidt ripped a run-scoring single in the 14th inning to lift the Diamondbacks to a 7-6 win Tuesday against the Cardinals. Goldschmidt's winning hit improved his average to .376 with runners on base.

"I pretend there is nobody on base and just stick with my same approach," he said. "It's worked so far. We'll see what happens the rest of the year."

Goldschmidt collected three hits Tuesday, which included two doubles. He has at least one RBI in each of his first four June games (eight total RBI) and three multi-hit games. Since May 1, Goldschmidt is batting .378 (42 for 111) with eight home runs, 11 doubles and 31 RBI. His batting average has gone from .287 to .335 in that span.

"He's just got a great approach up there," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said of Goldschmidt.

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera is expected to miss roughly 3-4 weeks with a quadriceps injury, manager Terry Francona told The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Francona stressed the roughness of his medical staff's guess. Quadriceps strains like Cabrera's can be difficult to predict, and as Francona said, "he'll heal when he heals." Still, 3-4 weeks would be consistent with similar injuries, so it will serve as a best guess until Cabrera gets deeper into the healing process.

Marlins second baseman Donovan Solano played six innings Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader for Class A Jupiter in his minor-league rehab debut.

Solano went 3 for 3 with an RBI, his first action since suffering a strained intercostal muscle early in May.  

Marlins second baseman Donovan Solano will begin his minor-league rehab assignment Tuesday for Class A Jupiter. Solano, who has been out since May 7 with an intercostals strain, will play second base in the first game of the team's doubleheader Tuesday. 

The Indians placed shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a right quadriceps strain, which he suffered Monday against the Yankees. Juan Diaz was recalled from Triple-A Columbus to take Cabrera's roster spot, but Mike Aviles is expected to see the bulk of playing time at shortstop in Cabrera's absence.

Astros first baseman Chris Carter homered for the second time in three June games and for the third time in his last five games Monday against the Angels. Carter also extended his hitting streak to six games, batting .333 (6 for 18) with one double, three home runs and seven RBI.

Prior to hitting a home run May 30, Carter went 14 games without a home run.

Cleveland designated hitter Carlos Santana drove in two runs on Monday during a loss in New York. 

Santana went 2 for 4 with a ground-rule double that scored Michael Bourn and Nick Swisher in the fifth inning to tie the score up at four. New York won 7-4. 

The 27-year-old Santana has gone 5 for 8 in his last two games to get his average back up to .288. He has eight homers and 24 RBI on the season with 14 doubles and 31 runs scored for the Indians. 

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera is likely headed to the disabled list after coming out of Monday's game in New York, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Cabrera will return to Cleveland Tuesday after further examination on his aggravated quad injury. 

Manager Terry Francona indicated following Cleveland's 7-4 loss to the Yankees that it is likely Cabrera is headed to the DL. Mike Aviles is expected to play shortstop in his absence. 

"There was a lot of pain," Cabrera said after the game. "There's still a lot of pain."

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera suffered a strained right quadriceps in Monday's game against the Yankees, CBS Sports Baseball Insider Danny Knobler reports. 

Cabrera pulled up running to first in the fifth inning. Mike Aviles replaced him at short and will do so going forward until he can return. Cabrera is loosely considered day to day, as Cleveland has not given word as to how long he might be out.