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Crawford went 4-for-5 with a home run and six RBI on Monday in Triple-A Tacoma's 12-8 win over Albuquerque.

The four-hit performance lifted Crawford's season average to .321 across 112 at-bats this season. With home-run production in the Pacific Coast League on the rise this season, the 24-year-old's .143 ISO doesn't stand out, but his improved batting eye and contact skills should be enough to earn him another look in the big leagues at some point in 2019. Any potential move into a full-time role with the Mariners would likely be contingent on one of the team's middle-infield starters (Tim Beckham or Dee Gordon) succumbing to an injury, getting traded, or seeing their performance take a dramatic dip.

Gordon went 3-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to the Yankees on Monday.

The infielder continued his career-long success against CC Sabathia with a fifth-inning solo blast, his third of the season overall. That amounts to a veritable power surge for Gordon, who's never totaled more than four round trippers in any campaign, and who's needed 653 and 588 plate appearances to reach that number on the two prior occasions he's hit that mark.

Correa went 3-for-4 with a solo home run Monday in the Astros' 6-4 win over the Royals.

Correa didn't need long to extend his hitting streak to 16 games, as he took Jakob Junis deep to center field in his first at-bat of the evening. It was the eighth home run of the season and second in as many days for Correa, who has bounced back nicely from an injury-riddled 2018 campaign. Something that may bear watching, however, is the decline in plate discipline he's displayed early on. His 8.2 percent walk rate is the lowest mark of his career, while his 26.1 percent strikeout rate is his highest.

Arcia went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run in Monday's victory over the Nationals.

Arcia has not done much in the power department over the last couple weeks, but he is now hitting .280 (28-for-100) with a .767 OPS over his last 30 games, which has been more than enough to keep him and his stellar defense in the lineup on an everyday basis.

Mondesi went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Monday's 6-4 loss to the Astros.

His fifth-inning blast off Gerrit Cole briefly gave the Royals their only lead of the game at 4-3. Mondesi has been displaying plenty of power lately -- seven of his nine hits (three doubles, two triples, two homers) over the last eight games have gone for extra bases -- and he now boasts a .280/.314/.531 slash line on the year with five home runs, 10 steals, 22 runs and 32 RBI through 35 games, justifying the early investment many fantasy GMs made in him at the draft table.

Berti went 1-for-2 with a solo homer, two runs scored and two walks in Monday's 6-5 win over the Cubs.

Berti's sixth-inning homer was the first of his short MLB career and knotted the game up at 3-3. On the year, he's 8-for-33 but has scored eight runs and driven in three.

Herrera sits for the second straight contest Monday against the Cubs, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Herrera seemed to be claiming the starting center field role after starting three straight games from Wednesday to Saturday, but he's now been on the bench for two straight. Isaac Galloway starts again Monday.

Adames is not starting Monday against the Diamondbacks, Steve Carney of Sports Radio 620 WDAE reports.

Adames started the season 1-for-27 with 14 strikeouts in his first 17 games, but he's hit .286/.360/.416 since that point. Daniel Robertson gets the start in his place.

The Rays recalled Velazquez from Triple-A Durham on Monday.

Velazquez has seen action at all three outfield spots and three infield positions at Durham this season, so he'll offer some defensive versatility off the bench while he's up with the big club. The 24-year-old was previously up with the Rays for a brief time in April but didn't see any game action.

Correa went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 10-4 win over the Angels.

Correa's second-inning homer, his seventh, answered the Angels' run in the bottom of the first. It also extended his hitting streak to 15 games, during which he's slashing .306/.343/.629 with five homers, five doubles, 13 RBI and nine runs scored. The career .278-hitter is up to .291 over 117 at-bats.