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Orioles third baseman Manny Machado has been hot over the last few weeks, riding a nine-game hitting streak into Wednesday's action. The only thing missing from his game was a bit of over-the-fence power, which he provided as he extended that streak to 10 games in an 8-2 loss to the Mariners.

Machado hit his third home run of the season -- and first since April 20 -- as part of a 2-for-4 game. His home run was of the solo variety, as he ended the game with one RBI as well as two runs scored. He added a double, his sixth in the last six games.

Machado is now batting .311 on the season, with three home runs and 17 RBI. He has a .349 on-base percentage and .504 slugging percentage. 

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado pushed his hitting streak to nine games Tuesday with two doubles against the Mariners. Machado is batting .410 (16 for 39) with one triple, five RBI, six doubles and six runs during the streak.

After batting .241 through his first 14 games, Machado hit .368 (21 for 57) in his final 13 April games, raising his batting average to .304.

Rangers prospect Mike Olt is currently having vision issues, Fox Sports Southwest reports Tuesday. Olt will see a specialist. 

The vision issues may explain why he's started the season at Triple-A Round Rock batting .139 over his first 72 at-bats with 32 strikeouts and only nine walks. He's gone 0 for 6 his last two games with three Ks. 

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado joined Brooks Robinson as the only two players 20 years old or younger in Baltimore club history to record four hits in a game when he did it Sunday in a loss to Oakland, MASNSports.com reports. 

Machado went 4 for 5 and Robinson went 4 for 4 on Sept. 25, 1957. 

The 20-year-old is batting .433 (13 for 30) during a seven-game hit streak with five RBI, five runs scored and two stolen bases. He's batting .302 with two homers and 16 RBI over 25 games. 

Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson was named American League Player of the Week for the first time in his career Monday, MLB.com reports. 

The 27-year-old went 12 for 22 (.545) last week with seven doubles, 10 RBI, seven walks and four runs scored. He led all AL hitters in doubles and on-base percentage (.633). 

Donaldson's week raised his batting average 73 points from .246 to .319 entering Monday. He also more than doubled his RBI total. 

For the year, Donaldson is batting .319 with two homers, 10 doubles and 18 RBI. 

Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson has been walking at a high rate to begin the year.

Donaldson has upped his walk rate from 6.5 percent in 11.5 percent this season. He's also been able to cut down on his strikeouts, from 19.7 percent to 11.5 percent. Donaldson's .346 BABIP suggests his average will fall, but he could still produce a decent average once that evens out.

Most of Donaldson's slugging percentage can be attributed to his doubles-power. Given that he plays in Oakland, it's tough to know whether he'll be able to turn those doubles into home runs this year.

A's third baseman Josh Donaldson entered Sunday's series finale against the Orioles with eight RBI in the previous eight contests. He added to that total by going 1 for 3 with two RBI and a pair of walks in the 9-8 win.

The 27-year-old doubled home two in the sixth inning.

Donaldson is batting .483 (14 for 29) in the last nine games.

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado extended his hitting streak to seven games with a big performance on Sunday against the A's. He went 4 for 5 with two RBI and a run scored.

Machado singled twice before plating Nate McLouth with another base hit in the seventh inning. In the ninth, he doubled home another run.

The 20-year-old is batting .433 (13 for 30) during his streak with five RBI, five runs scored and two stolen bases.

Twins infielder Eduardo Escobar started a second straight game for the first time this season Sunday against the Rangers. Manager Ron Gardenhire wanted to find Escobar more playing time since he's batting .483 (14 for 29) through 14 games.

"He's doing great," Gardenhire said, per MLB.com. "That's why I ran him back out there again today to find another spot for him. He's swinging it really good. You never know how long you're going to stay on that surfboard before someone knocks you off. So you just ride it and go from there."

Gardenhire has been pleasantly surprised with Escobar's power. Escobar has a .690 slugging percentage.

"He's got some pop," Gardenhire said. "It's surprising. And he has a cannon for an arm. He's a nice player. There's a reason why we got him in that trade, and he's showing us why."

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria got his average back over the .300 mark for the first time since April 16 on Saturday night against the White Sox. He went 4 for 6 with an RBI and two runs scored in the 10-4 win.

The 27-year-old doubled in the third inning before collecting three singles, including one that drove in Matt Joyce in the ninth.

Longoria saw his average rise from .277 to .303 in the victory.