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Tigers third baseman Josh Wilson drove in two of Detroit's three runs in Friday's loss to the White Sox.

Wilson went 1 for 4 and earned his first two RBI of the year. 

"Any time you get some hits and production from the bottom of the order, you know your team is probably going to do well," Wilson said. "If I can continue to just have good at-bats, we have some pretty good hitters at the bottom of the lineup."

Outfielder Rajai Davis returned from paternity leave and will leadoff a juggled Tigers lineup Friday as Detroit looks to break out of an offensive funk. 

Davis, who missed five games, is hitting .355 (11 for 31) with three doubles and a home run in his career against White Sox starter Jose Quintana.

Josh Wilson will make his season debut Friday, hitting eighth and playing third base. He was recalled from Triple-A Toledo on Tuesday. 

Twins utility man Eduardo Escobar waited until his last at-bat to record his lone hit of Thursday's 8-4 win over the Red Sox. Escobar went 1 for 5 with an RBI double in the top of the ninth inning that gave the Twins some un-needed insurance.

Despite the two-bagger on Thursday, Escobar has been scuffling at the plate recently. After Thursday, Escboar has just two hits in his last six games.

Twins utility man Eduardo Escobar went deep on Wednesday for his third home run of the season. Escobar took Alexi Ogando out of the park for a two-run shot in the ninth inning, but it wasn't enough as the Red Sox took Game 1 of the doubleheader by a score of 6-3.

Escobar, who started at third base but moved to left field, homered for the first time since May 6. It was his only hit of the game, and he now has just six hits in 32 at-bats over his last 10 games.

The Tigers purchased the contracts of infielder Josh Wilson and outfielder Daniel Fields from Triple-A Toledo on Tuesday. 

Wilson posted a .291/.350/.362/.712 slash line in 37 games for Toledo. He also had nine doubles, 10 RBI and 15 runs.

Fields had a .271/.394/.486/.879 slash line in 48 games. He also had three home runs, seven triples, 15 doubles, 21 RBI and 33 runs.

Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe went 2 for 4 with a two-run home run in his team's 6-5 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday.

Plouffe helped complete a comeback in the sixth inning, with his two-run shot evening the score at 4-4. The multihit performance was his fifth in his last seven games. Plouffe has hit .279/.352/.488 with eight home runs and 29 RBI in 172 at-bats.

Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson went 1 for 4 with a walk and a solo home run in his team's 6-5 loss to the Twins on Sunday.

After the Blue Jays lost a three-run lead in the sixth inning, Donaldson briefly put his team back on top with his homer in the top of the seventh. However, the Twins were able to score two runs in the bottom half of the inning to retake the lead for good.

"I'll tell you what, he has been amazing," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said to MLB.com. "He's got that knack and that's why he's an elite player. That's not easy to do, consistently like he has been doing. Thank God we've got him."

Donaldson has homered six times in his last six games and now owns a .312/.372/.604 line with 15 home runs and 39 RBI in 202 at-bats.

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado went 3 for 5 with two home runs and three RBI in his team's 9-5 loss to the Rays on Sunday.

Machado's first homer came with a man on base and his team down 7-2 in the seventh inning, and he followed it up with a solo shot in the ninth. The third baseman hadn't homered since May 11 and hadn't even driven in a run in his previous nine games before exploding offensively on Sunday. Machado has hit .270/.333/.470 with eight home runs, 22 RBI and seven stolen bases in 185 at-bats.

Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson hit a three run home run to help lead Toronto to a win over Minnesota on Friday. 

Donaldson went 2 for 5. The homer was his 14th of the year and brought him to 38 RBI. He's now homered in four straight games. 

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado was ejected in the first game of Thursday's doubleheader against the White Sox. In the bottom of the eighth, Machado was called out on a check-swing strike three, and proceeded to slam his bat on the ground in front of home plate umpire Tony Basner. Basner immediately ejected Machado.

"Manny just reacted to a checked swing," manager Buck Showalter said after the game, per MASNSports.com. "Wanted him to check and he didn't and reacted strong enough to get thrown out of the game. You all saw it." 

It was Machado's third strikeout of the game, as he went 0 for 4 on the afternoon. Ryan Flaherty replaced him at third base in the ninth.