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White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu connected off Dallas Keuchel in the sixth inning for a two-run home run to help send the White Sox to a 4-2 win over the Astros on Tuesday.

Abreu finished the game 2 for 4 with two RBI. Over his last 12 games, Abreu is 14 for 49 with three home runs and 12 RBI.

With one hit in Monday's 11-3 win against the Marlins, Blue Jays outfielder Chris Colabello extended his hitting streak to 18 games, which gives him the longest streak in the AL this season.

The previous AL best was 17 games by Jose Abreu, and Colabello is just one game behind Wilson Ramos, who has the longest hit streak in the majors this season.

Collabello is batting .338 with a .372 on-base percentage, .527 slugging percentage and .899 OPS during the hitting streak. He also has three home runs, five doubles, 14 RBI, 11 runs, three walks, 16 strikeouts and one stolen base.

After starting eight straight games at first base, Adam LaRoche returned to his normal role of designated hitter in the White Sox lineup on Monday. 

LaRoche will start his 37th game at DH. 

Jose Abreu, who has started the last five at DH, returns to first base, where he'll make his 40th start. 

Rays shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners.

Cabrera was believed to have hyperextended his elbow in Saturday's game, the Tampa Tribune reports. However, manager Kevin Cash said on Sunday that there was nothing wrong with Cabrera and that he simply wanted to get the shortstop a pair of days off in a row with the team not playing Monday. Nick Franklin will get the start at shortstop with Cabrera sidelined.

The Rays are road favorites (-129) in Seattle, per VegasInsider.com.

After a day off Saturday, Chris Carter is back in the lineup at first base for the Astros in Sunday's series-finale against the Blue Jays. 

Carter began the year in a slump but has hit .323 over his past 10 games. For the season, he's hitting .200. 

First baseman Carlos Santana came through with the biggest hit of the afternoon, as the Indians downed the Orioles 2-1 on Saturday. With the scored tied at one, Santana laced a run-scoring double in the bottom of the sixth inning to take the lead. 

It was Santana's only hit of the season, but it was just what the Indians needed to secure the victory. Santana has now hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games, batting .302 with two home runs over that stretch.

Angels designated hitter C.J. Cron, who faltered in May after a decent beginning of the season as a starter, is back in the majors.

Cron was promoted Saturday from Triple-A Salt Lake City, where he batted .333 with two home runs. A 6-for-47 slide that lowered his average from .275 to .204 prompted his demotion.

It's expected that Cron will get a chance to improve against right-handed pitching this time around.

"The game plan for C.J. was to get a lot of at-bats this year, not just be strictly platoon," Manager Mike Scioscia said, per the Orange County Register. "If it works out where he’s swinging it well and he’s hitting right-handers too and he matches up well, he’ll get more at-bats. If you want to play more, play better. If C.J. plays well he’ll earn at-bats for sure."

Prior to his demotion, Cron recorded just nine hits in 61 at-bats against right-handers.

A.J. Hinch has made good on his promise to give Astros first baseman Chris Carter a rest. He is out of the lineup Saturday in Toronto.

Carter is certainly not sitting due to performance. His 0-for-3 effort Friday ended a 12-game hitting streak in which he lifted his batting average from .157 to .206.

Angels right fielder Kole Calhoun went 3 for 4 with a walk in Friday's loss to the Yankees. 

Calhoun scored twice and drove in his 25th run of the season. 

Blue Jays left fielder Chris Colabello extended his hitting streak to 15 games, with a 3-for-4 night in Friday's win over Houston. 

Colabello doubled, his eighth of the year, drove in a run, his 17th, and scored.