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Indians catcher Carlos Santana, who suffered a bruised left thumb during Monday's game against the Yankees and had to be taken for X-rays, was rewarded with positive news, reports MLB.com. Santana did not break the thumb. 

The X-rays came back negative and Santana is considered day-to-day. 

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera had a base hit Monday in the home opener for Cleveland against the Yankees. He scored a run in the 11-6 loss. 

Cabrera's had a nightmarish start to the season, hitting .083 over his first six full games before Monday. After going 1 for 3 against N.Y., he's hitting a robust .111. 

Cabrera, who also had an error Monday, is 3 for 27 with a home run, two RBI and seven strikeouts.

Indians catcher Carlos Santana suffered a scary injury Monday in the home-opening loss to the Yankees. Santana was crossed up on a Chris Perez fastball and took it flush off the wrist of his glove hand. 

He went down in pain as Vernon Wells took third base on the passed ball. Santana was diagnosed with a left thumb contusion but needs X-rays to determine the severity, according to MLB.com. He was replaced by Lou Marson. 

Santana was 1 for 2 with two walks before leaving and is batting .500 with a hit in six of his seven games, including two homers and five RBI. 

Angels Triple-A outfielder Kole Calhoun suffered a fractured hamate bone in his right hand during Thursday's game. He is expected to be out for four-to-six weeks, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Indians catcher Carlos Santana picked up his first home run of the season as part of a three-hit performance in his team's 10-8 loss to the Blue Jays Thursday night. He finished just a triple short of the cycle.

Santana is hitting .462/.500/.846 in 14 plate appearances through his first three games of 2013. His Indians will face the Rays in Tampa this weekend.

Astros first baseman/outfielder Chris Carter had another quiet night at the plate on Tuesday against the Rangers. He went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts in the 7-0 loss.

Carter is 0 for 7 with four strikeouts through two games.

The Indians got a strong performance from the pitching staff in Tuesday's opener against the Blue Jays, so they only needed one hit on offense. Asdrubal Cabrera provided it.

Cabrera, the team's starting shortstop on opening day for the fourth year in a row, slugged a two-run home run in the fifth inning off Jays' starter R.A. Dickey. That lone swing was enough to lead the Indians to a 4-1 win. He finished the game 1 for 4 with a walk. 

Cabrera is coming off consecutive All-Star game appearances and should be a fixture in the top of the team's lineup during the season. 

The Angels have optioned infielder Luis Jimenez, right-hander David Carpenter, catcher John Hester and outfielder Kole Calhoun to Triple-A Salt Lake Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times. 

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera removed any lingering doubt about his back by returning to the starting lineup for Saturday's spring finale against Cincinnati. Cabrera has not appeared in a Cactus League game since March 22 in order to rest after suffering back spasms while taking swings in a batting cage.

"Yeah, he's fine," manager Terry Francona told MLB.com. "I don't think there was ever a concern about him getting ready to play. It was just getting him enough at-bats where he could shake some rust off."

Indians manager Terry Francona said Thursday catcher Carlos Santana's transition to major-league camp after playing in the World Baseball Classic has gone well, according to MLB.com. But Santana is still working to learn the club's various signs and also needs to catch a couple of relievers he hasn't worked with yet.

"He was ahead of the game behind the plate because he caught so much," Francona said of Santana's stint with the Dominican Republic. "He caught more there than he would've with us. There's only two relievers he hasn't caught, and we'll make sure he catches them in the next couple of days."

Santana is batting .261 (6 for 23) with a homer and seven RBI in nine spring games for Cleveland. He hit .273 (6 for 22) with two homers and three RBI in eight games for the Dominican Republic.