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Astros second baseman Jose Altuve hit a two-run game-tying home run in the fourth inning of Sunday's loss to Tampa. 

Altuve went 1 for 5, hitting in the fourth of his last five games. He drove in his first runs since July 6 and homered for the first time since June 29. 

Rays utility player Logan Forsythe homered during a 9-7 loss to the Royals on Wednesday. He connected for his ninth home run in the fourth inning -- a solo homer off Jeremy Guthrie.

Since June 2, Forsythe has hit four of his career-best nine home runs. He is batting .273 with a .364 on-base percentage, .397 slugging percentage and .761 OPS in his last 34 games. He has three doubles, 13 RBI, 14 runs, 13 walks, 28 strikeouts and four stolen bases in that span.

Athletics shortstop Marcus Semien almost brought his team back to a victory on Wednesday with one swing of his bat.

Semien hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning that cut the Yankees' lead down to 5-4, but that's as close as they would get. Semien finished the game 1 for 4 with two RBI.

Semien extended his hitting streak to six games with the home run, his eighth of the year. Over the hit streak he is hitting .286 with six hits, two home runs and four RBI.

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve ended his 14-game hit streak with an 0-for-4 effort on Tuesday. Altuve had hit .375 during the streak, which brought his season average up from .287 to .303--though it dipped back down to .299 after being held hitless on Tuesday. 

Astros All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve pushed his hitting streak to 14 games on Monday against the Indians. He went 2 for 4 with one double, one RBI, one run and one walk.

Altuve has managed four multihit games during his hitting streak. He is batting .375 (21 for 56) with two home runs, five doubles, eight RBI, 15 runs, four walks, six strikeouts and seven stolen bases in his last 14 games.

Altuve's hit streak is tied for the longest of his career, per Baseball-Reference.com. He also had a 14-game hit streak last season.

Angels second baseman Johnny Giavotella has opened July with a four-game hit streak, as he went 2 for 5 with two RBI and two runs Sunday against the Rangers.

Giavotella had a sac fly in the second inning and an RBI single in the third. He also had his 13th double Sunday.

Giavotella is batting .368 (7 for 19) with two doubles, four RBI, two runs and two sac flies through four July games.

The American League starters for the 2015 All-Star Game on July 14 were announced Sunday. The Royals will send four starters to the Summer Classic, with Salvador Perez, Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon leading the votes in their respective positions.

Angels outfielder Mike Trout will make his fourth consecutive All-Star appearance. He received the most votes of any outfielder and the second most on the AL roster.

Catcher: Salvador Perez, Royals
First baseman: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers (injured)
Second baseman: Jose Altuve, Astros
Third baseman: Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays (top AL vote-getter)
Shortstop: Alcides Escobar, Royals
Outfield: Mike Trout, Angels
Outfield: Lorenzo Cain, Royals
Outfield: Alex Gordon, Royals
Designated Hitter: Nelson Cruz , Mariners

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve went 3 for 5 in Friday's win over Boston. 

Altuve is 6 for 9 in his last two games. He's hit in 11 straight games. He's hitting .395 with 1.075 OPS over the streak. 

Altuve scored twice and drove in two runs, giving him 35 on the year. 

The Yankees recalled outfielder Ramon Flores from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday after placing right fielder Carlos Beltran on the disabled list due to an oblique strain. 

New York also recalled Gregorio Petit from Triple-A and cleared a roster spot by demoting outfielder Taylor Dugas to Triple-A.

Athletics shortstop Marcus Semien hit his seventh home run of the season against the Mariners on Thursday.

Semien hit a solo blast off Mariners starter Roenis Elias in the fifth inning to put his team up 3-0. He finished the game 1 for 3 with a RBI.

The home run was Semien's first in 158 at-bats.