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Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford homered during a 6-3 win Sunday against the Rockies. He hit a solo home run off Kyle Kendrick with two outs in the sixth inning -- his 10th home run this season.

Crawford has been on a nice run since Thursday, batting .357 (5 for 14) with one triple, one home run, two doubles, four RBI and four runs in his last four games.

Crawford hasn't had a great month, batting .227 in 24 June games. His batting average has declined from .299 to .275 in June.

Marlins infielder Miguel Rojas will make his 2015 debut in Saturday's game. 

Rojas will start at third base, for just the eleventh time in his MLB career. He'll bat eighth in the lineup. 

Rojas was called up from the minor leagues after Friday's game. 

Mets third baseman Ruben Tejada is in the starting lineup for Saturday's game. 

Tejada was forced to leave Friday's game after being hit in the arm by a pitch in the fourth inning. 

X-rays were negative, but manager Terry Collins was considering giving Tejada a day off after Friday's game. 

The Marlins are calling up shortstop Miguel Rojas from Triple-A New Orleans, according to CBSSports.com Baseball Insider Jon Heyman.

Rojas hit .302 with three home runs and 23 RBI in 274 at-bats in Triple-A this season.

The Marlins did not have a lot of things go right for them on Friday, as they fell to the Dodgers 7-1. But second baseman Dee Gordon was a bright spot on the evening. Gordon went 3 for 4, scored a run and stole his 26th base of the season. 

Gordon just hasn't stopped hitting in 2015. He is now riding an eight game-hitting streak, and has hit safely in 14 of his last 15 games overall. In that 15-game stretch, Gordon is batting .355 and has six stolen bases. Strangely enough, however, he has not drawn a walk since May 24.

Mets infielder Ruben Tejada left Friday's game against the Reds after being hit by a pitch in the arm in the bottom of the fourth inning. Tejada, who started at third base on Friday, was replaced by Eric Campbell in the top of the fifth.

The Mets are calling the injury a left elbow contusion. Tejada underwent X-Rays, which came back negative. He was 0 for 1 before departing.

"He's pretty stiff right now," Mets manager Terry Collins said immediately after the game, per MLB.com. "That's why I took him out. He might need a day."

Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford went 2 for 4 with a triple, two RBI and two runs scored in the 13-8 win over the Padres on Thursday. The solid effort brought his season average up to .274.

The triple, his third of the season, was one of four three-baggers the Giants hit on Thursday. Crawford had been 0-for-10 over his last three games, so this was a good mini-slump buster for the 28-year-old shortstop.

For the first time this season, Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed will bat in the leadoff spot for Thursday's game at Colorado, the team announed. 

Ahmed had been hitting eighth or ninth this season. He will go against Jorge De La Rosa, who he has never faced in his career. Over his last 12 games, Ahmed is hitting .333 with one home run and five RBI.

The Diamondbacks are the underdogs (+112) at Colorado on Thursday.

The Mets have begun discussions about shifting Ruben Tejada to shortstop and Wilmer Flores to second base once Daniel Murphy returns from the disabled list, a team source told the New York Post. Murphy is expected to play third base with David Wright sidelined.

“That would be the best defensive alignment,” the source said.

The Mets have been hesitant to move Flores because they don't want to break his confidence, according to the Post. However, the team believes he could handle the switch and move back to shortstop later in the season, if needed.

Mets manager Terry Collins ackowledged the report Thursday and said moving Flores to second base is "a possibility." 

"I don't think that's a major shakeup," Collins said, per NJ.com.

Tejada has been bouncing between second and third base while Murphy and Wright have been on the disabled list.

Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed went 1 for 4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's los to Colorado. 

Ahmed hit his first home run in June, snapping a 20-game drought. He reached four home runs and 15 RBI on the year.