MLB Player News

Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon went 3 for 3 at the plate in Miami's 7-0 win over the Phillies on Saturday. 

Gordon, who also walked twice, smacked three singles in the game and scored twice.

"He's locked in," manager Mike Redmond said per the Associated Press. "He's doing everything. He's getting big hits, driving in runs, playing great defense. That play he made over his shoulder in shallow center field was good as I've seen in a long time."

"He's as advertised. He's the guy that we knew we were getting when we traded for him and it's fun to see him going out there and just being himself and I think that's been for him to go out and play his game and I think we're seeing the results."

He continues to lead the league in hitting to start the year, posting a .440 average in 100 at-bats.

Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford has 18 hits this season, but continued to make the most of them in a Saturday defeat of the Angels.

Crawford singled and scored in the second, then slugged his fifth home run, a solo job in the third, to give his team a 3-1 lead. He has 11 runs and 12 RBI in 72 at-bats in 2015 despite batting eighth in the lineup nearly all year.

The Diamondbacks left three starters out of Saturday's starting lineup. 

Catcher Tuffy Gosewich sits, in place of Jordan Pacheco, who starts his fifth game and bats seventh in the lineup. 

Aaron Hill makes his fifth start of the year at second base, in place of Chris Owings. Hill has started twice in the last four games. He hits sixth in the order. 

Shortstop Nick Ahmed is out of the lineup as well. Cliff Pennington starts ahead of him for the third time this season and hits eighth. 

The Mets gave several regulars a rest on Saturday. 

Right fielder Curtis Granderson, catcher Kevin Plawecki and shortstop Wilmer Flores are all out of the starting lineup. 

John Mayberry makes his third start of the year in right, batting leadoff. Ruben Tejada makes his fourth start at short, batting seventh. Luke Recker will catch and bat eighth. 

The Braves called infielder Pedro Ciriaco up from Triple-A Gwinnett, the team announced on Saturday. 

Ciriaco has played 188 MLB games with four different teams over the last five years. He was hitting .234 with a home run and seven RBI with Gwinnett.

To make room, the Braves optioned LHP Ian Thomas to Gwinnett. Thomas had a 2.70 ERA in four appearances for the Braves this year. 

After getting the day off on Tuesday, Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford returned to the lineup on Wednesday with a bang. Crawford went 2 for 3 with a walk, a double and a two-run home run, as the Giants fell to the Dodgers 7-3. It was Crawford's fourth longball of the season.

Crawford has a slash line of .345/.472/.690, with two home runs, six RBI and five runs scored over his last 10 games.  

Giants second baseman Joe Panik and shortstop Brandon Crawford are back in the starting lineup Wednesday against the Dodgers, the team announced.

Panik has altered starts with Matt Duffy for the last four games, with Wednesday being Panik's second start in four games. Panik is hitting .296 in 71 at-bats this season. Crawford got just his second day off the season Tuesday with Joaquin Arias getting the start.

Crawford is hitting .215 in 65 at-bats this season.

Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon went 2 for 4 with a double in the Marlins' win over the Mets on Tuesday. 

Gordon has hit in five straight game and has multi-hit games in four of them. He has 12 hits in his last 21 at bats. 

Diamondbacks center fielder A.J. Pollock is leading off and shortstop Chris Owings is batting second in Tuesday's matchup with the Rockies.

The alignment is the same from last Tuesday, which was the last time Ender Inciarte was out of the lineup as he is against the Rockies. However, Owings getting just his second start of the season at shortstop, having seen most of his action at second base.

The Diamondbacks are favorites (-115) against the Rockies Tuesday.

Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed is off to at slow start at the plate. The young player is hitting just .125 in 48 at-bats this season.

"Obviously nobody wants to start slow," said Ahmed to MLB.com. "It's a long season, there's a ton of at-bats to come, a ton of games to play. I just wish the last few games I could have put together some better at-bats to help the team win."

Ahmed also struggled with his swing in Triple-A last season as well as Double-A in 2013.

"We're making a lot of demands on him with his swing," D-backs manager Chip Hale said. "We're kind of talking to him about some things that we need him to do to be a better Major League hitter. We talked about it in Spring Training, he did it, he's getting a little bit away from it right now. But the main thing, I think, with Nick right now is pitch selection."

Ahmed is trying to not let the struggles get to him.

"Just have to stay level-headed," Ahmed said. "I lean on people that have good advice, and just stay calm and not overanalyze. Just trying to stay even keeled and go out and play."