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Chris Carter hit a two-run home run Saturday to give the Houston Astros all the runs they needed in a win over the Angels.

Carter, who has two home runs in his last three games, now has 11 long balls on the season. While he's driving in plenty of runs, he has 31 RBI, Carter is hitting just .223. Much of that can be attributed to his strikeout rate. Carter, with 79 punchouts so far, is on pace for 238 this year.

The Twins announced Thursday that infielder Chris Colabello has been recalled from Triple-A Rochester. Colabello was sent to Rochester Wednesday when third baseman Trevor Plouffe was activated from the seven-day disabled list, but Plouffe was placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday.

Colabello went 1 for 11 with six strike outs in his first stint with the Twins.

The Twins have optioned infielder Chris Colabello to Triple-A Rocherster, the club announced Wednesday. Colabello went 1 for 11 in a stint as Trevor Plouffe's injury replacement for Minnesota.

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera drew his second appearance at DH in 46 starts Sunday against the Red Sox. It was an attempt by manager Terry Francona to make sure the 27-year-old shortstop doesn't get fatigued as the season progresses.

"In the past, there has been talk about him playing himself into the ground and I don't want that to happen," Francona said, per The Plain Dealer. "He's playing really good baseball. He's being really aggressive on the bases. His quad still probably isn't perfect, but he's still really playing the game. ... So you just look for spots to monitor it."

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera extended his hitting streak to five games Saturday with three hits in a 7-4 loss to the Red Sox.

Cabrera went 3 for 5 with an RBI double in the third inning. He scored a run and had two steals. He is hitting .263 but is batting .366 over the last 10 games, with five multi-hit efforts.   

Indians catcher Carlos Santana homered and drove in two runs Wednesday against the Tigers. It was Santana's eighth home run and first in 13 games.

Santana had just his third multi-hit game in May Wednesday. He's batting .200 (14 for 70) with three home runs, four doubles, six RBI, 12 runs and 13 walks in 20 May games.

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera totaled two doubles, a run and a walk Wednesday against the Tigers. Cabrera has hit 10 of his 14 doubles in May.

Cabrera is batting .273 (21 for 77) with a .506 slugging percentage, a triple, two home runs, 10 RBI and 11 runs in 20 May games.

The Twins announced Wednesday they purchased the contract of outfielder/first baseman Chris Colabello from Triple-A Rochester. Colabello played at first base, left field, right field and DH for Rochester.

His slash line through 46 games is .358/.417/.659/1.076. He also had 12 home runs, 17 doubles and 39 RBI. Colabello played seven years of independent baseball before joining the Twins' organization in 2012.

"He's been hitting it, absolutely hitting it out there," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We'll see what he's got (Wednesday against the Braves). A left-hander on the mound (Atlanta's Paul Maholm), a good time for a right-hander to be out there. That's what we brought him up here for, to be a right-handed bat. Go get 'em."

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera had three hits Saturday in a win over the Mariners. Cabrera, who's batting .245, went 3 for 5 as the No. 3 hitter, including a double and run scored.

Cabrera has 12 doubles and 19 RBI, but 36 strikeouts.

Astros outfielder Chris Carter smacked his ninth home run of the season Sunday afternoon against the Rangers.

Carter took reliever Derek Lowe deep in the eighth inning for a three-run home run. He finished 1 for 3 with a walk, a run scored and three RBI in a 12-7 defeat.

Carter has homered twice in his last five games played. He is hitting .228 with nine homers and 22 RBI in 127 at-bats.