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Indians catcher Carlos Santana continued his season-long hot streak with his sixth home run in Sunday's loss to Minnesota.

Santana finished 2 for 3 with a walk and the home run. He's now hitting an absurd .379/.471/.690. His batting average ranks second to Miguel Cabrera and his on-base and slugging percentages each lead the major leagues among players qualified for the batting title.

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera snapped a 10-game hitting streak Friday, going 0 for 4 and leaving six men on base in his team's 7-6 win over the Twins. Even with the streak, Cabrera has just a .217 batting average on the year.

Indians catcher Carlos Santana is hitting .395 with a .483 on-base percentage and a .711 slugging percentage. All three lead the American League.

Santana has walked in 14.6 percent of plate appearances and already has 14 extra-base hits. He has shown flashes of this talent throughout his first three seasons, and if April is any indication, 2013 could be a breakout year if he can avoid injuries. 

Astros outfielder Chris Carter homered for the sixth time in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees.

Carter has lived up to his billing as a one-dimensional power hitter so far. He's slugging a robust .454 but has just a .227 batting average and .303 on-base percentage. He struck out two more times Tuesday night and has now whiffed in a league-leading 46 of his 97 at-bats.

Indians catcher Carlos Santana hit his fifth home run of the season Tuesday night against the Phillies.

Santana hit a two-run shot in the first inning off starter Roy Halladay. He finished 1 for 2 with three walks, a run scored and two RBI in a 14-2 victory.

Santana has gone 6 for 10 with four walks, three runs scored, a home run and four RBI in his last four games. He is hitting .389 in 72 at-bats.

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera had a productive day at the plate during Sunday's doubleheader against the Royals. He collected three hits in Game 1 before finishing 2 for 5 with a RBI and run scored in the nightcap.

Cabrera has now collected six hits over his 13 at-bats since returning to the lineup from a quadriceps injury and raised his average from .156 to .208 over that span.

Indians catcher Carlos Santana collected a couple of hits in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Royals and had an even better performance in the nightcap. He went 4 for 5 with an RBI and a run scored in the 10-3 win. All four of his hits went for singles.

Santana finished the day 6 for 9, raising his average from .345 to .388.

Twins first base prospect Chris Colabello is batting .301 through 23 games for Triple-A Rochester. Colabello also has four doubles, six home runs, 11 runs and 17 RBI, which has helped him produce a .358 on-base percentage, .566 slugging percentage and .924 OPS.

Colabello was one of the players featured in this week's Five on the Farm portion of the Down on the Farm prospects column.

The Astros gave outfielder Chris Carter a rest Sunday in Boston against John Lackey and the Red Sox. Carter has been seeing everyday playing time. 

He went 0 for 4 on Saturday at Boston and has gone 5 for 22 (.227) over his last six games with a homer and two RBI. Carter has played in 24 games this season with five home runs and 12 RBI. He's batting .216. 

Indians catcher Carlos Santana played for the first time since Monday against the Royals Saturday night. After missing time with an illness, he went 1 for 4 with a single in the 3-2 loss.

The 27-year-old is batting .345 with four home runs and nine RBI.