O's Manny Machado is AL Player of the Month for August

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado has been named the American League Player of the Month for August. In 29 games during the month, Machado hit .341/.348/.690 with six doubles, one triple, 12 homers, 35 RBIs and an OPS of 1.039.

His 35 RBIs led the American League and ranked second in the majors. Machado's 12 home runs were tied with the Blue Jays' Josh Donaldson and the Yankees' Gary Sánchez for the league lead during the month. His slugging percentage ranked fourth in the AL.

Machado became the 10th player in major league history and first Oriole to hit three grand slams in one calender month when he connected for three in August.

This is Machado's second career AL Player of the Month Award; he last won in April 2016. Among qualified AL hitters, Machado finished his strong month first in RBIs, tied for first in home runs, fourth in slugging percentage and fifth in batting average. This is Baltimore's first Player of the Month Award since Machado's most recent honor last season.

Over the course of the month, Machado logged at least one hit in 22 of 29 games and posted multi-hit efforts in 14 contests. On Aug. 19 against the Angels at Camden Yards, he hit three home runs. With his final homer - a walk-off grand slam - he finished the contest with seven RBIs. According to Elias, the three-time All-Star became the 13th player in major league history to log three round-trippers in a game with the final one being a walk-off.

Over a 12-game stretch from Aug. 6-18, Machado batted .370 (20-for-54) with 12 runs scored, four doubles, a triple, seven home runs (three grand slams) and 25 RBIs. Per Elias, he became the first big leaguer with 25 RBIs over a span of 12 games since Edwin Encarnacion did so for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015.

Machado is one of several Orioles that had big months, leading the team to a solid month of offense and a 17-12 record. One where the Orioles led the majors in August batting .306 and led with a slugging percentage of .534. The Orioles' 57 homers in August set a major league record, breaking their mark of 55 from last year.

For the season, Machado is batting .272/.324/.500 with 29 doubles, a triple, 30 homers and 88 RBIs in 131 games. Since the All-Star game, he is batting .340/.372/.590.

Shortstop Tim Beckham had a pretty good August himself. In 29 games he hit .394/.417/.646 with 10 doubles, two triples, six homers, 27 runs, 50 hits and 19 RBIs.