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White Sox slugger Jose Abreu hit a ninth-inning solo homer in Monday's loss to the A's. His 14 homers are three more than anyone else in the majors, and he ranks second with 38 RBI.

That was Abreu's only hit of the night, as he went 1 for 4 with two strikeouts as the designated hitter. He's hitting .272/.324/.620.

Angels rookie first baseman C.J. Cron continued to swing a hot bat in Monday's series finale against Toronto.

Cron took Steve Delabar deep for a solo home run in the eighth inning. He went 1 for 4 with a run scored and one RBI in a 7-3 defeat. He has six hits in his last 13 at-bats and has homered in each of his last two games played. He is hitting .393/.414/.714 with two homers and six RBI in 28 at-bats.

Prior to Monday's game against the Blue Jays, Angels outfielder Kole Calhoun ran the bases for the first time since suffering a sprained ankle. He's also been hitting and throwing, according to the Orange County Register.

Calhoun was given a four-to-six-week timetable and is currently at the end of his fourth week of recovery. He'll likely need to go on a minor-league rehab assignment before he returns from the disabled list.

The Indians are willing to be patient with third baseman Carlos Santana, according to the Plain Dealer. 

Santana has struggled to open the year, hitting just .136 in 125 at-bats. Despite that, manager Terry Francona isn't going to go away from Santana any time soon. "We’ll have a lot of patience with him," Francona said. "He’s our cleanup hitter. We’re not going to send him to Triple-A." 

Francona added that the team doesn't want to miss out on a Santana hot streak. "We need to be patience because when he gets hot, he’ll get very hot," he said. "If you’re not patient, you miss out on that."

Angels rookie first baseman C.J. Cron began the game Saturday in Toronto hot. He left it hotter.

Cron blasted his first career home run in the third inning and after singling in a run and scoring in the first. He boosted his batting average to .417 and slugging percentage to .667 in the process.

Even a sore ankle couldn't slow White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu down Friday, as he connected on his 13th home run of the season in a 9-3 win over the Diamondbacks.

Abreu, in the lineup but limited to designated hitter work due to the ankle, still went 3 for 4 in the game. He drove in two runs, one on a solo home run in the seventh inning, while also scoring twice.

Abreu is now hitting .279/.333/.633, while leading the American League with 13 home runs and 37 RBI as a rookie. 

White Sox slugger Jose Abreu has returned to the lineup for the Friday night game at Arizona. He will not have missed a full game - he was yanked from the game Thursday with an ailing ankle. He will serve as the designated hitter with Adam Dunn taking over at first base.

Abreu has been the talk of baseball in 2013. He leads the majors with 12 home runs and ranks second with 35 RBI. His .608 slugging percentage is third.

White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu was pulled from Thursday's 12-5 loss to the Cubs with a left ankle injury, manager Robin Ventura told reporters after the game, according to Comcast SportsNet Chicago.

Abreu stayed in the game until the ninth inning before he was lifted for Marcus Semien. He finished 1 for 4 with a single.

"He just seemed like he was limping a little bit tonight, that's why in the end there I took him out," Ventura said. "He says he's fine. He's limping around a little bit, but he'll be fine."

He is hitting .266/.323/.608 with 12 homers and 35 RBI in 143 at-bats. His status remains uncertain for Friday's game against Arizona.

Twins surprising first baseman Chris Colabello has slumped off since a torrid start, but has remained productive at times. One of those times was in the sixth inning of the game Thursday in Cleveland when he slammed a two-run double to put his team on the board.

Colabello has exactly one hit in each of his last six games, but hasn't had a multi-hit game since April 23 and has just eight hits in his last 51 at-bats to lower his average from .346 to .271. He is still among the American League leaders in RBI with 30.

Embattled Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera got picked off first Thursday and allowed a dribbler to turn into a two-run single, but he had one heck of a day at the plate against Minnesota.

Cabrera not only recorded his first four-hit game since May 5, 2012, but nearly hit for the cycle. He slammed a home run in the second, single in the fifth, double in the seventh and another double in the eighth that could have been ruled a triple. Cabrera had rounded second when the throw was heaved to the plate.

His six hits in the last two games has raised his average from .205 to .238.