RF Nelson Cruz, typically the Mariners' designated hitter, made his third start of the season in right field in interleague play Monday and went 0-for-4 The first two starts were at Washington on Seattle's current road trip. Cruz started 48 games in right field last year.

DH Nelson Cruz drove in his American League-leading 41st run of the season Sunday against the Red Sox. He knocked a two-out RBI single in the seventh and finished 2-for-5. Cruz is hitting .260 with runners in scoring position this season and is slashing .344/.432/.738 in his last 19 road games.

RF Nelson Cruz lost a home run in the glove of Red Sox RF Mookie Betts on Saturday and said after the game his team has to do something to shake out of its offensive slump. "We're proud of what we do, you know? This is embarrassing," he said. "I don't think we should be in this situation. I understand we have injuries and all that but there's a point where you have to turn everything around."

OF Nelson Cruz was back in the starting lineup in right field Thursday after he did not start Wednesday. He hit a three-run homer in the sixth off Jacob Turner, who had just entered the game for starter Gio Gonzalez. Cruz entered the game 1-for-13 off Gonzalez and was 0-for-2 before going deep against Turner. "One swing can get you going," Cruz said. His homer gave Seattle a 3-2 lead.

DH Nelson Cruz hit his 11th home run of the season Sunday, all in the past 33 games. The solo shot increased his AL-leading RBI total to 37.

DH Nelson Cruz's streak of hits in 14 consecutive games while facing the A's came to an end Wednesday when he went 0-for-3. But Cruz did have two RBIs, on a sacrifice fly in the first inning and a run-scoring groundout in the fifth, to increase his AL-leading total to 36.

DH Nelson Cruz hit his eighth homer of the season Thursday in the 7-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, a two-run blast in the first inning. He is tied with 2B Robinson Cano for the team lead in homers and is the team leader with 32 RBIs.

DH Nelson Cruz saw his 15-game hitting streak, the third longest of his career, come to an end. Cruz batted .439 during the streak, his longest since hitting safely in 21 straight games in 2015. Cruz, who started 2017 with a 2-for-25 slump, is now batting .330 for the season.

DH Nelson Cruz extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a sixth-inning single. Cruz is hitting .439 (25-for-57) during the streak.

DH Nelson Cruz extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a second-inning single on Friday night. Cruz went 2-for-6 but flied out to center twice with runners in scoring position in extra innings in the 3-1 loss to Texas.

DH Nelson Cruz extended his hitting streak to 11 games with an RBI single off the glove of Angels 3B Yunel Escobar in the third inning Tuesday. During the streak, he is hitting .436 (17-for-39) with five homers, 16 RBIs, four doubles and 10 runs.

DH Nelson Cruz had a home run and a single in three at bats Sunday. Cruz has reached base in 18 consecutive games, hitting .406 (26-for-64), with seven home runs and 21 RBIs in that span. He missed the first game of the series in Cleveland with a tight hamstring that is still troublesome. "He still feels it, but it doesn't bother him in the (batter's) box," manager Scott Servais said.

OF Nelson Cruz was back in the lineup Saturday after sitting out Friday's game with a tight left hamstring. Cruz hit a two-run homer in the first inning. He has reached base in 18 consecutive games, which ties him with Pittsburgh OF Andrew McCutchen for the longest active streak in the majors. Cruz has hit .375 during that streak.

DH Nelson Cruz, who is hitting .478 with three home runs and 11 RBIs in the last seven games, was scratched from the Mariners' lineup on Friday because of tight left hamstring.

DH Nelson Cruz had three hits, including his fourth homer, and drove in three runs in Seattle's 19-9 loss at Detroit on Tuesday. The home run came off Tigers starter Jordan Zimmermann, whom he had not previously faced. He has reached base safely in his last 14 games. Cruz has raised his batting average to .297 during the streak after starting the season 2-for-25.

DH Nelson Cruz recorded a season-best five RBIs in Sunday's win over the Oakland Athletics. Nelson's RBIs came on a bases-loaded walk, a double and a three-run home run, which extended his hitting streak against the A's to 12 games. The five-RBI game was Cruz's first since May 17 of last season.

DH Nelson Cruz went 0-for-3, snapping his seven-game hitting streak.

DH Nelson Cruz got off the snide by hitting his first home run of the season Friday night. His solo shot in the fourth inning also gave Cruz 800 career RBIs.

DH Nelson Cruz recorded more hits Monday than he had the entirety of the Mariners' seven-game road trip to open the season. He was 2-for-25 (.080) with 11 strikeouts on the trip, but he singled three times in a 3-for-4 effort Monday. His two RBIs also matched his previous season total.

DH Nelson Cruz had just one hit in 15 at-bats during the season-opening, four-game series against Houston but hoped to turn things around this weekend against the Angels, a team against which he has hit well throughout his career. He has more home runs (38) and RBIs (93) against them than any other opposing team. The 38 homers against the Angels rank second in the majors among active players, trailing only Adrian Beltre (40). On Friday, Cruz went 1-for-4 with an RBI.