MLB Player News
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Tim Anderson 2B | LAA
White Sox's Tim Anderson: Swipes bag in win
Anderson went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in a 7-5 win over the Mariners in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader.
Anderson's been fighting it at the plate recently, going 7-for-37 (.189) with one extra-base hit over the last nine games, but he singled in his first two trips to the plate and swiped his 14th bag of the season. This is the fifth time in six seasons the shortstop has reached double-digit steals, with 26 thefts in 2018 being his career benchmark.
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Xander Bogaerts SS | SD
Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts: Doubles in three-hit game
Bogaerts went 3-for-3 with a double, one RBI and two runs scored in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Yankees.
Bogaerts singled in the second inning and doubled in the third, scoring in both of those frames. In addition, he hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning, knocking in Michael Chavis. The shortstop has reached base safely in his last 21 games. During that stretch, he is batting .359 and has an OPS of 1.001 with three home runs, 15 RBI and 16 runs scored. On the season, he is slashing .327/.389/.554, which leads the Red Sox.
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Carlos Correa SS | HOU
Astros' Carlos Correa: Launches go-ahead homer
Correa went 1-for-3 with a solo home run Saturday in a win over the Tigers.
Correa broke a 2-2 tie in the sixth inning with his 15th blast of the year, taking Detroit closer Michael Fulmer deep to left field. He's riding a seven-game hitting streak, with multi-hit efforts in three of them. A free-agent following the 2021 season, Correa is setting himself up for a big payday if he can continue to avoid the injuries that have plagued him in the past. He's slashing .305/.399/.540 in 316 plate appearances, adding 19 doubles and a team-leading 41 walks.
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J.P. Crawford SS | SEA
Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Swipes bag Friday
Crawford went 2-for-6 with a stolen base in Friday's 9-3 win over the White Sox.
The shortstop extended his hitting streak to 11 games Friday, going 18-for-49 (.367) in that span. Crawford was one of five Mariners to record multiple hits in a balanced team effort at the dish. The 26-year-old has a .285/.342/.405 slash line with five home runs, 30 RBI, 35 runs scored and three stolen bases in six attempts across 301 plate appearances. While his walk rate is a career-low 8.0 percent, Crawford has been an effective leadoff hitter since Jarred Kelenic was sent down to Triple-A Tacoma.
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Carlos Correa SS | HOU
Astros' Carlos Correa: Reaches five times
Correa went 3-for-4 with three RBI, a pair of walks and a run scored during Thursday's victory over Detroit.
Correa extended his hot streak as he has now hit safely in nine of the last 10 games, including five multi-hit efforts. His recent success at the plate has raised his season slash line to a strong .305/.400/.534 to go with 14 long balls.
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J.P. Crawford SS | SEA
Mariners' J.P. Crawford: Riding 10-game hitting streak
Crawford will head into Friday's series opener against the White Sox with a 10-game hitting streak during which he's forged a .372/.372/.581 slash line across 43 plate appearances.
The hot-hitting shortstop has three doubles, two home runs , eight RBI and seven runs during that span as well. Crawford is sporting a career-best .284 average, .407 slugging percentage and .749 OPS following Wednesday's 2-for-4, one-run effort against the Rockies.
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Bo Bichette 3B | NYM
Blue Jays' Bo Bichette: One base three times in win
Bichette went 2-for-4 with a walk, a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base in Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Marlins.
He scored the Jays' first run of the game in the first inning, then drove in their last in the fifth. Bichette has been on a tear in June, slashing .327/.367/.476 through 20 games with three homers, five steals, 16 RBI and 18 runs.
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Tim Anderson 2B | LAA
White Sox's Tim Anderson: Involved in win
Anderson went 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Pirates.
Anderson celebrated his 28th birthday by doubling home a run in the second inning and later scoring on Yasmani Grandal's two-run double in the fifth. The two-hit day helped salvage a road trip during which Anderson hit just .160 (4-for-25).
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Xander Bogaerts SS | SD
Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts: Collects three hits, scores twice
Bogaerts went 3-for-5 with a stolen base and scored two runs in Tuesday's 9-5 extra-innings win over the Rays.
The Red Sox scored runs in two innings -- a five-run third and four-run 11th -- and Bogaerts took part in both rallies, including his fifth steal of the season. He emerged from a slumber earlier this month and is slashing .365/.417/.603 over the last 17 games.