RF Carlos Gonzalez returned to the lineup Friday. He didn't play Thursday after spraining his left ankle while coming out of the batters' box Wednesday in the seventh inning, forcing him to leave the game.

RF Carlos Gonzalez did not play Thursday after spraining his left ankle coming out of the batters' box Wednesday. Gonzalez took swings in the indoor batting cage to get ready if called upon to pinch-hit. "I feel pretty confident that I'll be in the lineup (Friday) and put this in the past," he said. "Like I said (Wednesday), it's not the first time this happened to me. I'm sure it's going to be sore for a couple days when I play, but the more I play, it's going to go away with the treatment and all the things that I need to do to prepare myself to play the game every day."

RF Carlos Gonzalez went 3-for-5 with two home runs and three RBIs on Wednesday night, extending his hitting streak to 15 games, the longest by a Rockies player this season. The multi-homer game was the 19th of Gonzalez's career and third this season. During his hitting streak, Gonzalez is hitting .357 (20-for-56). He rolled his left ankle coming out of the batter's box in the seventh inning and left the game but didn't think the injury was serious. "The good thing is it's nothing bad," Gonzalez said. "I hope that tomorrow I feel a little bit better. If I feel a little bit better, it'll be good enough to play. Just tape it and go out and have fun with my team."

RF Carlos Gonzalez went 3-for-5 with two doubles and four RBIs, extending his hitting streak to a season-high 14 games and tying Charlie Blackmon for the longest hitting streak by a Rockies player this season. Gonzalez is hitting .353 (18-for-51) during his streak. The four RBIs gave him 600 with the Rockies, making him the sixth player in franchise history to reach that milestone.

RF Carlos Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to 13 games Sunday, when he went 1-for-3 with two RBIs in the Rockies' 6-4 loss to the Mets. Gonzalez flied out in his first two at-bats before delivering a game-tying RBI double in the fifth and a sacrifice fly in the seventh that gave the Rockies a short-lived 4-3 lead. He is 15-for-46 (.326) with two multi-hit games during the streak. It is the longest hitting streak for Gonzalez since a career-best 16-game run from Aug. 23-Sept. 8, 2010.

CF Carlos Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to 11 games Friday night, when he went 2-for-5 with an RBI double and a three-run homer in the Rockies 6-1 win over the Mets. Gonzalez delivered his double in the first inning and provided the Rockies plenty of insurance with his ninth-inning homer. It was only the second multi-hit game of the streak for Gonzalez, who is batting .333 (13-of-39) during the run to lift his overall average from .316 to .317. Gonzalez, who also had an 11-game hitting streak from April 4-16 this season, has 21 homers and 66 RBIs in 99 games.

MIAMI -- Ichiro Suzuki remained two hits shy of 3,000 as he went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in Miami's 11-6 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.Suzuki lined into a double play, grounded twice and struck out.Kolten Wong went 3-for-5 with two RBI and Tommy Pham had three RBIs as St. Louis (56-47) took a one-game lead over the Marlins (55-48) for the second wild card spot in the National League. St. Louis right-hander Mike Leake allowed six runs in five innings.Jose Urena gave up eight runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings, doing so hours after the Marlins acquired starting pitchers Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea in a seven-player trade with the San Diego Padres.Blue Jays 6, Orioles 5TORONTO -- Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Troy Tulowitzki hit solo home runs in the first inning and Toronto moved within a half-game of first-place Baltimore in the American League East. Manny Machado homered for Baltimore, which has dropped four straight.Orioles starter Kevin Gausman (2-8) allowed... [More]

RF Carlos Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to 10 games Thursday when he went 1-for-4 in the Rockies' 2-1 win over the Mets. Gonzalez grounded out in his first two at-bats before singling in the sixth and striking out in the eighth. He is batting .314 during the streak, a stretch in which his overall average has remained .316. It is the second hitting streak of at least 10 games this season for Gonzalez, who put together an 11-game streak from April 4-16. Gonzalez has 20 homers and 62 RBIs in 98 games this season.

RF Carlos Gonzalez stretched his hitting streak to nine with a ninth-inning infield single -- on a call that got overturned by a manager's challenge. Gonzalez is hitting .323 during the streak.

RF Carlos Gonzalez hit his 20th homer Thursday night. It was the sixth time he hit 20 or more homers in a season. Gonzalez is the sixth Rockies player to hit 20 or more home runs six or more timee. The others are Todd Helton (eight seasons), Dante Bichette (seven), Larry Walker and Troy Tulowitzki (six).

RF Carlos Gonzalez scored his 600th run as a member of the Rockies. He is the sixth player in club history to score at least 600 runs. The others are Todd Helton (1,401 runs), Larry Walker (892), Dante Bichette (665), Troy Tulowitzki (660) and Vinny Castilla (611).

RF Carlos Gonzalez was given a scheduled day off Tuesday. Manager Walt Weiss said Gonzalez never really had an All-Star break since he played in the All-Star Game, and the Rockies don't have a scheduled off day until Aug. 1. With a day game scheduled for Wednesday, Gonzalez was going to get either Tuesday night or Wednesday off, and Weiss opted to rest him Tuesday night when the Rays were starting a left-handed pitcher.

RF Carlos Gonzalez was 3-for-3 in the opener of the three-game series in Atlanta on Friday, continuing his hot hitting against the Braves. He was 0-for-8 in the final two games, though. That dropped his average to .316.

RF Carlos Gonzalez played in the 1,000th game of his career and went 3-for-4. He has hit safely in six of the last seven games, batting .393 during that stretch. Since May 23, Gonzalez leads the major leagues with a .376 batting average.

WASHINGTON -- Stephen Strasburg remained unbeaten and drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Friday night.Strasburg (13-0), who gave one run and three hits with six strikeouts in eight innings, plated the winning run in the four-run seventh.Pirates starter Francisco Liriano gave up five hits and three earned run in six innings.Tigers 5, Royals 4DETROIT -- Justin Verlander tied his season high with 10 strikeouts and Victor Martinez knocked in the go-ahead runs with a rare infield hit.Verlander reached the 10-strikeout mark for the fourth time this season while holding the Royals to two runs -- one earned -- and four hits in seven innings. Francisco Rodriguez notched his 25th save.Ian Kinsler and Tyler Collins, who was recalled from Triple-A Toledo earlier in the day, had solo home runs for the Tigers. Mets 5, Phillies 3PHILADELPHIA - Neil Walker hit a three-run homer and Juan Lagares added a solo shot as New York opened... [More]

RF Carlos Gonzalez was named as an injury replacement to start Tuesday for the National League in the All-Star Game at San Diego after initially being selected as a reserve. Yoenis Cespedes and Dexter Fowler were scheduled to start but are hurt and not playing in the game, opening spots in the NL lineup for Marcell Ozuna and Gonzalez, who ranked first among NL outfielder on the Player Ballot. This will be the third All-Star start for Gonzalez, who was the designated hitter in 2012 and started in center field in 2013. Gonzalez jokingly said, "They know that I don't like to be on the bench, so I always find a way to get to the starting lineup."

RF Carlos Gonzalez was named as an injury replacement to start Tuesday for the National League in the All-Star Game at San Diego after initially being selected as a reserve.

Todd Frazier will have an opportunity to defend his crown as the Chicago White Sox slugger headlines an impressive list of participants for the Home Run Derby.The participants were announced on Thursday night.Monday's event, which takes place at San Diego's Petco Park, will repeat last year's bracket format that saw then-Reds star Frazier outlast Joc Pederson of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the final at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.This year's seeds were determined based on home run totals through Wednesday's games.Frazier, who has 23 homers in 2016, will serve as the No. 2 seed and will square off against Colorado Rockies slugger Carlos Gonzalez.Current home run leader Mark Trumbo of the Baltimore Orioles was deemed the derby's top seed and will face Dodgers rookie Corey Seager, who is the eighth seed.Third-seeded Adam Duvall of the Reds will square off with likely fan favorite Wil Myers of the hometown San Diego Padres.Seattle Mariners star Robinson Cano, who was the 2011 champion, is the fourth seed and will test his mettle against Giancarlo Stanton. The Miami Marlins slugger has recorded back-to-back two-homer performances.

RF Carlos Gonzalez was named to his third All-Star Game on Tuesday, then went 1-for-5 to see his batting average drop to .315 in a 7-3 win over the San Francisco Giants. Gonzalez was a top-three outfield selection of the players after the fans had voted in RF Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals, LF Yoenis Cespedes of the New York Mets and CF Dexter Fowler of the Chicago Cubs as the NL starters.

RF Carlos Gonzalez saw his seven-game hitting streak end Friday night. Gonzalez went 0-for-3 with a strikeout and a walk in Colorado's 5-0 loss to the Dodgers. Despite not getting a hit, Gonzalez is tied for fourth among National League hitters with a .326 average.