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Astros infielder Jose Altuve collected three hits in Wednesday evening's 6-5 win over the Royals. 

Altuve hit three singles and also reached base by getting hit by a pitch. Altuve's hitting streak extended to 10 consecutive games. Altuve also stole two bases, giving him 23 for the season.

Altuve now has a slash line of .298/.342/.421 this season. 

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve smacked his seventh home run of the season Monday to send the Astros to a 6-1 win over the Royals.

Altuve hit the solo shot off Joe Blanton in the third inning. It was his only hit in three at-bats during the contest. He also walked once.

Prior to Monday's contest, Altuve was hitting .250 with one home run and three RBI in his last 12 games.

Shortstop Elvis Andrus had a nice day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with an RBI, but it wasn't enough to keep the Rangers from dropping a series to the Blue Jays. 

Andrus got Texas on the board with his sixth-inning RBI single, and also added a double and stolen base, to continue a nice run in which he's hit in five of his last six games. 

Andrus, who also had a three-hit game earlier in the week, has seen his average rise from .237 to .251 over the past 10 contests. 

The Yankees sent second baseman Gregorio Petit down to the minor leagues Sunday, the team announed.

Petit is hitting .184 with five RBI in 18 games this season. With Petit moving down, the team will promote pitcher Esmil Rogers. Rogers has a 6.27 ERA over 33 innings this season. 

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve broke a 32-game homerless drought with a sixth-inning solo blast on Saturday. His sixth home run of the season tied the game at 6-6, but the Astros would suffer a 9-6 loss to the Yankees.

Altuve is now riding a modest six-game hitting streak, during which he is hitting at a .320 clip. He seems to be showing no ill-effects from the hamstring issue that cost him a few games recently.

Rays first baseman Jake Elmore broke a scoreless tie with a two-run home run in the fifth inning of Saturday's win over Boston. 

Elmore hit his second homer of the year and first since April 22, his first Rays gave of the season. 

"He seems to get some really big hits at important times," Rays manager Kevin Cash said, per MLB.com.

Elmore went 1 for 3 and reached 15 RBI on the season. 

"You know what? When I hit it, I didn't even think home run," Elmore said. "I just thought, 'Please stay fair,' because I knew it was at least getting down. Then I was like, 'Oh, man, that might get out of here.' ... I was just worried about it staying fair."

Rays second baseman Logan Forsythe went 3 for 5 with a run scored in Friday's loss to Boston. 

Forsythe has hit in five straight with 10 hits in the last 18 at bats. 

Forsythe was also caught stealing for the second time this year. 

A mini-slump and 25 starts in the last 26 games has Angels second baseman Johnny Giavotella on the bench Monday night against Seattle.

His replacement is Taylor Featherston.

Giavotella has just two hits in his last 20 at-bats.

A slump has landed Rays first baseman Jake Elmore on the bench Friday night against Boston.

Elmore, who has started 12 of the last 13 games, is on a 1-for-18 slide that has dropped his average to .245, its lowest point since May 3.

It seems as if the hamstring issue that sidelined Astros second base Jose Altuve last week is a thing of the past. On Thursday, Altuve went 3 for 4 with two doubles, two stolen bases and three runs scored in the 4-0 win over the Yankees. This was his first multi-hit performance since June 8.

Altuve is 6 for 16 in the four games since returning from a short absence with the hamstring injury.

With the two stolen bases, Altuve is up to 20 on the year, giving him four straight seasons of at least 20 steals.

"That's part of my game against everyone," Altuve said, per MLB.com. "Try to get on base, get to the next base. We knew we only needed a couple runs to win the game because we had our best pitcher out there."