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Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado has been unstoppable at the plate over the last few weeks, and that continued on Thursday against the Diamondbacks.

Arenado extended his hitting streak to 12 games by going 1 for 3 with a walk, a home run and two runs scored. He hit his 20th home run of the year off Diamondbacks starter Rubby De La Rosa in the sixth inning.

Over his last 12 games, Arenado is hitting .370 with 17 hits, five home runs and 13 RBI.

Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon was not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Braves, reports The Washington Post. Rendon was replaced by Yunel Escobar at third. 

Rendon has been dealing with a sore left quad and Matt Williams said he gave Rendon the day off to rest, reports MASNsports.com. Over his last six games, Rendon is batting .333 with two RBI.

The Nationals are favored (-155) over the Braves on Thursday. 

Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu hit a home run in Tuesday's win over Arizona. The homer was his first since May 31 and fourth of the year. 

LeMahieu went 1 for 3 with a walk and two runs scored. He drove in his 33rd run. 

Nationals second baseman Anthony Rendon was a perfect 4 for 4 at the plate to help lead the Nationals to a 3-1 win over the Braves on Tuesday.

Rendon scored a run and he also drove in a run when he hit a single off Alex Wood in the first inning, which drove in Denard Span.

Over his last eight games, Rendon is 11 for 32 with five RBI.

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado hit two home runs in Tuesday's win over Arizona. 

Arenado went 2 for 4 with four RBI and homered for the second straight game. 

Arenado extended his hitting streak to 10 games. He's hitting .385 with  1.246 OPS over that span. 

Cubs third baseman Mike Olt went 0 for 3 during a rehab game for the team's Triple-A affiliate Tuesday. He also struck once in his first rehab game at Triple-A.

Olt is on the disabled list with a wrist injury. He has not played since April 14.

Cubs third baseman Mike Olt (wrist) and reliever Neil Ramirez (shoulder) will have their rehab assignments moved from Double-A to Triple-A on Tuesday, according to 670 The Score.

Olt is batting .444 (4 for 9) with one triple, two doubles, three walks and five runs in three games for Tennessee. Ramirez hasn't allowed a run, hit or walk in two innings for Tennnessee. He also has three strikeouts.

An injury to Zack Cozart has thrust Reds reserve shortstop Eugenio Suarez into a starting role. Initial returns were not good, but Suarez certainly came on strong this weekend against Miami.

Suarez slammed five hits in the series, including two doubles, to raise his average from .150 to .258.

He could remain the starter the rest of the year with Cozart done. That will allow him to become more comfortable with his new situation. After all, he was just promoted on June 11.

"It's hard because I got there and [there were] new things, new guys, nobody knows me," he told MLB.com. "Now, I know everybody and I got my family here, my heart here now. ... Now I feel like family."

It is closing in on one month since Braves second baseman and leadoff hitter Jace Peterson has experienced back-to-back hitless games.

Three hitless games in a row? Late April.

Consistency continues to mark his season. Peterson is batting .314 (27-for-86) since May 28 with 10 doubles and 13 runs scored. He is also tied for sixth in the National League with three triples and even has 12 walks in 18 games this month.

Peterson boasts a fine slash line of .284/.363/.389 on the year.

Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado went 2 for 4 during Sunday's win over the Brewers.

Arenado hit his 17th home run of the season on a solo shot to left field in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Arenado extended his hitting streak to nine games -- He's hitting .371 with two home runs and seven RBI over that stretch.