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Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera mashed his 42nd home run in a win Sunday over the Mets.

Cabrera finished 3 for 4 with two runs scored and two RBI. He added a walk to push his batting line to an absurd .360/.450/.685. All three lead the league, as Chris Davis's slugging percentage fell to .679 on Sunday.

Athletics manager Bob Melvin kept outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and his struggling bat out of the starting lineup for Sunday's game in Baltimore, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  

"He's having a tough time right now," Melvin said Cespedes, who has gone just 4 for 26 (.154) over his last six games with 10 strikeouts. 

Melvin believes Cespedes' struggle stem from a combination of how he's being pitched and his approach at the plate. He's been a little aggressive swinging at pitches out of the zone, according to the skipper. 

The Blue Jays have recalled shortstop Ryan Goins from Triple-A Buffalo, MLB.com reports. Goins, 25, owns a .257/.311/.369 line for Buffalo in 111 games.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera did not seem to be affected much by his lingering abdominal injury Wednesday, as he drove in three runs in a 7-1 win over the Twins.

He was hitless in his first three at-bats before a bases-loaded double in the eighth inning that drove in three runs. He added a walk earlier in the game, and was replaced by a pinch runner after his double, with the game in hand. 

Mariners second baseman Brad Miller hit his fifth home run of the season in the fifth inning Wednesday in a win at Oakland. Miller finished 1 for 5. 

The home run made it 3-2 Oakland at the time in a game the Mariners came back to win. Miller now has a .251 batting average and 24 RBI on his rookie season. 

The 23-year-old has gone 4 for 14 over a three-game hitting streak with two RBI in those games. 

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera made it into the starting lineup Wednesday against the Twins despite aggravating a lingering abdominal injury during Tuesday's game. Cabrera has failed to record a hit in just one of 17 August games, batting .358 with a .776 slugging percentage and 1.203 OPS.

Mariners shortstop Brad Miller netted two singles, one RBI and one run in five at-bats Tuesday against the A's. It was his seventh multi-hit game in August.

Miller is batting .260 (20 for 77) with a .455 slugging percentage, .742 OPS, two home runs, three doubles, three triples, eight RBI and nine runs in 18 August games.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera's final swing of Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Twins might not have just cost the Tigers the game; it could also end up costing Cabrera time, as he appeared to suffer an injury.

"You could see it in his facial expression,'' manager Jim Leyland told MLive.com after the game.

Cabrera winced after striking out to end the game, and it appears as if he may have re-aggravated his lingering abdomen strain. He has been able to play through the injury, but has been forced to miss four games as a result. It is not yet clear whether he did injure his abdomen, or if it is a different, unrelated issue.

"It looked like it might be the area of the stomach," Leyland said. "Not sure if it was the groin, or up in the stomach area, but he was in some pain."

Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he's contemplated moving Victor Martinez to third base and Miguel Cabrera to DH, according to MLive.com. Leyland said he initially pondered the idea when Cabrera was nursing a strained abdomen.

"Gene Lamont and I talked about it one night," Leyland said. "In fact, we even had (first-base coach) Rafael Belliard tell Victor that there's a slight, slight possibility this might happen."

Leyland said he would prefer to keep his current alignment, but Martinez has proven to be effective at first base when he's filled in for Prince Fielder.

"He’s got good hands, it’s just the matter of the quickness of the ball," Leyland said. "He takes ground balls all the time during batting practice, so, Victor can catch the ball."

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera hit his 40th home run in Sunday's win over Kansas City.

Cabrera finished 2 for 3 with the home run, a single, a walk, a run scored and three RBI. Cabrera raised his slash line to .360/.452/.689. All three lead the major leagues, as does his 120 RBI. His 40 home runs trail just Chris Davis's 45.