(1:25 am ET) Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval played through a bout of the flu Monday, MLB.com reports. Sandoval's condition is considered mild, as he picked up two hits against the Nationals in an 8-0 win. 

Sandoval went 2 for 5 with two singles and is batting .305. He's recorded six hits in his last four games and is up to 32 RBI on the year. 

(5/20/2013) Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez (knee) returned to action Monday against the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw. Ramirez went 0 for 4 with a strikeout, as the Brewers managed just three hits. 

Ramirez's average is down to .328 on the year. He'd gone 5 for 9 in his previous two games with two homers and six RBI. 

(5/20/2013) Padres outfielder James Darnell could need another surgery on his injured left shoulder, MLB.com reports Monday. Darnell injured the shoulder with Triple-A Tucson May 14. 

Darnell was in San Diego last week to confer with team doctors. He already has had two operations on the shoulder in 2011 and 2012. Darnell is likely to be sidelined for a long time. 

(5/20/2013) Cardinals third baseman David Freese was scratched from the lineup Monday against San Diego, MLB.com reports.

Freese has inflammation near his right thumb and is day to day. He was spiked during Sunday's game.

Freese is available off the bench and hopes to return Tuesday.

(5/20/2013) Yankees third baseman David Adams hit his first major-league home run in the second inning of Monday's game in Baltimore.

Adams took Freddy Garcia deep and it put the Yankees up 2-0 at the time.

Adams entered Monday's game having gone 4 for 14 to start his big-league career.

(5/20/2013) Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis was able to take batting practice and field ground balls Monday, the Journal News reports.

That said, Youkilis is almost certainly at least a week away from returning for New York manager Joe Girardi.

"Is it possible we see him on this road trip? Maybe," Girardi said. "But I would expect to see him maybe a little bit the following week if everything goes OK."

(5/20/2013) Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager ended a 2-for-15 slump Monday at Cleveland with a 2-for-5 performance. He had his sixth home run and 13th double, while scoring two runs and adding one RBI.

Seager is batting .246 (15 for 61) with three doubles, three home runs and nine RBI in 16 May games.

(5/20/2013) Rays third baseman Evan Longoria extended his career-best hitting streak to 14 games Monday at Toronto. Longoria went 2 for 4 with one run, one double and two RBI.

"It's the best baseball I've seen him play day in and day out, offensively and defensively," Rays manager Joe Maddon said, per MLB.com. "Every thing about his game has been superb, and it's been fun to watch."

Longoria is batting .393 (22 for 56) with three home runs, eight doubles and 14 RBI during his hitting streak. He's now reached base in a major-league best 43 games this season.

"I think the big thing is not chasing," Maddon said. "You talk about that all the time. Once a major-league hitter establishes his own strike zone and forces a pitcher to come to him more than he permits the pitcher to dictate, that's when he becomes really good."

(5/20/2013) Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez is in the team's lineup Monday. 

Ramirez needed a day off Sunday to rest his knee, but will return to the lineup after a day off. He's hitting .352/.407/.611 in 54 at-bats this year. Ramirez will hit fourth against Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw. 

(5/20/2013) The Reds have optioned first baseman Neftali Soto to Triple-A Louisville.

Soto was only up for two games, and received one at-bat. With Johnny Cueto coming off the disabled list, the team had to send Soto back to the minors. He's hitting .269/.310/.388 in 142 plate appearances in Triple-A.