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Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera injured his left wrist when he slipped down the dugout steps before Saturday's game against the Astros, The Plain Dealer reports.

The 27-year-old was forced from the game in the first inning after two at-bats. X-rays came back negative, but Cabrera is not expected to play in Sunday's series finale.

Indians catcher Carlos Santana went 2 for 5 with a homer, two RBI and three runs scored Saturday night against the Astros. Santana also walked once in the 19-6 win.

The 27-year-old led off the third inning with his third homer, and in the fifth, he drove in Mike Aviles with a double.

Santana is 4 for 19 (.211) with three RBI in six games since returning from a wrist injury.

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera left Saturday's game against the Astros in the first inning with a left wrist contusion. He batted twice in Cleveland's eight-run first inning and went 1 for 2 with a run scored before being replaced by Mike Aviles.

The 27-year-old is considered day-to-day. Cabrera is batting .150 (9 for 60) through 15 games with two homers and three RBI.

Much like the the weather in the Midwest, Indians infielder Asdrubal Cabrera has been unable to warm up this season.

Cabrera went 1 for 4 Thursday against the Red Sox, with a single as his only damage of the day. He struck out once, the sixth game in a row he has struck out at least once and the 11th time in 14 games. The Indians lost 6-3.

Cabrera is batting just .127 with 17 strikeouts in 55 at-bats. He has just three extra-base hits, and a .455 on-base plus slugging percentage. Cabrera is coming off back-to-back All-Star game appearances. 

Indians catcher Carlos Santana, who missed a little over a week with a wrist injury, had an uneventful return Tuesday night against the Red Sox.

Santana could not muster a hit in his first game back as he finished 0 for 4 with two strikeouts. He is hitting .433/.514/.767 with two home runs and five RBI over his first 30 at-bats.

Astros outfielder Chris Carter has mostly failed to live up to his former billing as a top prospect in parts of four major-league seasons. Sure, he hit 16 home runs and posted an .864 on-base plus slugging percentage a year ago, but he was not a full-time player for the Athletics, who limited him to just 218 at-bats.

Carter is getting every-day at bats with the Astros this season and a hot start has Fantasy owners flocking to pick him up. As of Tuesday, Carter was the sixth-most added player in CBSSports.com Fantasy leagues, being added in 30 percent of leagues. Is he finally starting to live up to his pedigree?

Carter is flashing his solid power stroke yet again, with a .280 isolated slugging percentage that is slightly up from last year's .275 mark. But where he appears to have taken the biggest step forward is batting average, raising his .239 mark from a year ago to a more respectable .260, so far. If he can sustain that and keep hammering the ball into the seats, we'll have a breakout slugger on our hands.

Unfortunately for Fantasy owners, Carter is striking out 38.2 percent of the time he steps to the plate, leaving a .360 batting average on balls in play as the only thing standing between him and a lengthy flirtation with the Mendoza line. Carter is going to hit the ball hard enough to put up some solid BABIP numbers, but this pace is almost certainly unsustainable.

Carter has always had holes in his swing, and it doesn't look like he has shored them up, upon closer inspection. Don't be surprised if the bottom falls out quickly on this one. 

Indians catcher Carlos Santana is in the starting lineup Tuesday.

Santana has missed a little over a week after taking a ball off the wrist when he was behind the plate. Santana will assume the third spot in the batting order. 

Solving the Athletics' pitchers wasn't the only riddle facing Astros designated hitter Chris Carter Monday. Carter, back in Oakland for the first time since his trade to Houston prior to the season, had trouble locating the visitor's clubhouse after not maneuvering around that part of the stadium before.

"When I walked in I had no clue," he told MLB.com. "I never went past the weight room."

Carter, now the Astros' cleanup hitter, finished 0 for 3 with a pair of strikeouts -- his second straight hitless outing following a six-game hitting streak that included his first four homers of the season.

Carlos Santana is out of the lineup for the Indians' Sunday game against the White Sox, MLB.com reports.

Santana has been dealing with a hand injury and hasn't played with April 8. He is expected to be ready to play again for the Indians' next game Tuesday.

Astros outfielder Chris Carter stayed hot as he launched his fourth home run of the season during Saturday's contest against the Angels.

Carter took starter Garrett Richards deep for a two-run home run in the fourth inning. He finished 2 for 4 with two runs scored and two RBI in a 5-4 defeat.

Carter is hitting .461 (12 for 26) with eight runs scored, three home runs, seven RBI and has reached base safely in his last six games. He is hitting .289/.319/.600 though his first 11 games.