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Orioles third baseman Manny Machado had his first multi-RBI game of the season during a 13-6 loss Tuesday at Toronto. He had a sac fly in the sixth inning and RBI groundout in the eighth inning.

Machado is now batting .276 (21 for 76) with one triple, one home run, seven RBI and eight doubles in 17 career games at the Rogers Centre.

Machado, who was hitless in his first five games this season, is batting .242 (8 for 33) with one double, one home run and six RBI in his last nine games.

Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe went 2 for 4 in Monday night's 7-1 loss to the Royals. 

Ploufe was the only member of the Twins to record more than one hit. He hit two singles and struck out once. He now holds a slash line of .233/.298/.442. 

Indians shortstop Jose Ramirez is just 1 for 13 with one walk against left-handed pitchers this season.

Ramirez hasn't put up great numbers overall but has been particularly bad against lefties while hitting .273/.304/.455 with one home run in 22 at-bats against right-handers. The Indians are squaring off against lefty John Danks Monday.

Twins shortstop Eduardo Escobar was in the team's starting lineup for Sunday's game. Escobar had been questionable for the game with a toe injury. 

The toe forced Escobar out of Friday's game in the eighth inning, and he wasn't in the starting lineup on Saturday. He ended up pinch hitting in Saturday's game, however. 

Twins shortstop Eduardo Escobar pinched hit Saturday and stayed in the game for another at-bat, striking out both times. 

Escobar was left out Saturday's starting lineup after taking a pitch off his big toe in Friday's game.

Josh Donaldson's solo home run in the bottom of the 11th inning broke a 5-5 tie and gave the Blue Jays a walk-off win over the Braves on Saturday.

That is Donaldson's fourth walk-off home run over the last two seasons -- more than 23 teams have in that span.

'"As a baseball player, as any competitor, you enjoy moments where you can win the game for your team," Donaldson said.

"Not everybody can do that," manager John Gibbons said after Donaldson crushed a 1-0 changeup from Braves reliever Sugar Ray Marimon. "Donaldson is one of those guys. He's so focused, he's not just up there swinging ... He has a plan."

The Twins gave Trevor Plouffe the afternoon off after his heroic performance the previous night, per MLB.com. Plouffe belted a walkoff home run in the 11th inning to take down the Indians, 3-2. Utility man Eduardo Nunez will get the start and hit eighth for Minnesota against Danny Salazar.

Friday's home run was Plouffe's fifth hit of the season. He is hitting .143/.231/.343 with two homers and two RBI over 39 plate appearances.

Twins shortstop Eduardo Escobar was not included in Saturday's lineup against the Indians. per MLB.com.

Escobar took a Corey Kluber pitch off his left big toe in the eighth inning of Friday's 3-2 over Cleveland. Although he was spotted limping at the clubhouse on Saturday, he told reporters he's healthy enough to play, per the St. Paul Pioneer-Press.

"I'm fine. I can play," Escobar said.

The Blue Jays moved Josh Donaldson to designated hitter and included Danny Valencia and Steve Tolleson in the lineup Saturday afternoon against Braves left-hander Alex Wood, according to the Toronto Star. Donaldson remained in his normal No. 2 hole, while Valencia will bat fifth and Tolleson eighth.

Twins shortstop Eduardo Escobar was hit by a pitch on his foot, which forced him to leave Friday's win over Indians, reports MLB.com.

Escobar was hit by Corey Kluber during the eight inning of the game and he was replaced by pinch-runner Shane Robinson.