Carpenter went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to the Cubs on Thursday.

EDGE Analysis

Carpenter essentially started the second half of the season the way he ended the first, namely, leaving the yard for a third straight game. In what is now a two-month-plus tear at the plate, the 32-year-old has boosted his once anemic .558 OPS to .909, which qualifies as the 16th-highest in all of baseball.