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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.

Rookie shortstop Carlos Correa continued his impressive MLB start, doubling twice and scoring two runs as the Astros defeated the Yankees on Sunday. 

Correa, the top overall pick in 2012, has nine doubles and five homers in just 20 games. He also scored the tiebreaking run on Evan Gattis' triple. 

Correa also used his speed to score in the fourth inning, when his double was misplayed by the Yankees' outfielder, allowing him to come all the way around the bases. He is now hitting .314 on the season. 

Astros rookie shortstop Carlos Correa maintained his hot-hitting ways on Saturday. The youngster fell a triple-shy of the cycle, as he went 3 for 5 with a double, a home run, two RBI and a run scored. However, the Astros were defeated by the Yankees 9-6.

Correa blasted a two-run home run, his fifth of the season already, to cut the Yankees' lead to 6-5. 

"It's really fun playing with that guy," second baseman Jose Altuve said, per MLB.com. "Great hitter, great defender. It's great to play up the middle with him. He was so excited for that home run."

Remarkably, Correa has been held hitless in just four of the first 18 games of his young career. 

Angels shortstop Erick Aybar is out of the lineup for Saturday's game. 

Aybar left Friday's game with hamstring tightness. It wasn't believed to be serious, but he'll be replaced on Saturday by Taylor Featherston. It's Featherston's third start of the year and first since June 18. 

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.