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Indians third baseman/catcher Carlos Santana continued to emerge from a season-long slump Tuesday night against the Angels.

Santana slugged his second home run in two games and has doubled his RBI total on the year with six in those two games. He has four hits during that time to break free from a 3-for-58 slide.

Angels outfielder Kole Calhoun ditched the walking boot and was able to play catch Monday, MLB.com reports. He is expected to be out until at least mid-May.

"He's out of the boot and walking around, but he's still sore," manager Mike Scioscia said.

Indians third baseman Carlos Santana broke out of a 1-for-27 slide with a home run in his team's 6-3 loss to the Angels in Los Angeles on Monday.

Santana launched a three-run home run off Tyler Skaggs in the fourth inning. He finished 2 for 4 with a run scored and three RBI. He is hitting .140 with two home runs and six RBI in 86 at-bats.

Mets Triple-A infielder Wilmer Flores is day-to-day due to a finger injury, ESPNNewYork.com reports.

Flores was able to avoid a fracture after leaving Sunday's game with Las Vegas due to a jammed finger. He has hit .250/.319/.333 with one home run and 11 RBI in 84 at-bats.

The hits kept coming for White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu on Sunday, as he went deep and plated four runs in his team's 9-2 win over the Rays.

Abreu took David Price deep in the sixth inning for a two-run home run. He added a two-run single in the following inning. He went 2 for 4 with two runs scored and four RBI, improving his batting average to .262 on the year.

Abreu leads the league with 10 home runs, 31 RBI and a.631 slugging percentage through his first 26 games (103 at-bats). He has three home runs and 10 RBI in his last three games.

Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman is obviously seeing the ball well since having a broken piece of contact lens removed from his eye in recent days.

Following a 3-or-4 performance to end a three-game hitless skid Friday, Freeman once again made an impact Saturday against the Reds. He hit a first-inning two-run home run, before ultimately finishing the game 1 for 4 in a 4-1 win.

Freeman is hitting .352/.431/.636 with six home runs and 16 RBI in 23 games this season.

Angels outfielder Kole Calhoun is "making progress" from ligament sprain in his ankle, manager Mike Scioscia told MLB.com on Saturday. Calhoun is currently rehabbing in Arizona, but has yet to ditch a walking boot. He is expected to be out until at least mid-May.

White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu continued the stellar start to his career Friday, accounting for six runs in a 9-6 walkoff win over the Rays.

Abreu had already driven in two runs before he stepped to the plate with the bases load in the bottom of the ninth, and he added four more in the most dramatic fashion possible. Abreu clubbed his second home run of the game to end the game, finishing 3 for 5 with six RBI.

Abreu has been everything the White Sox could have hoped so far, hitting .263/.336/.632 with nine home runs and 27 RBI through his first 24 games. 

Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman told MLB.com on Friday that the discomfort in his right eye is gone.

Freeman had been dealing with dryness in his eyes since Saturday and the condition got worse on Monday when the team optometrist removed a broken piece of contact lens from his eye with a Q-Tip.

"When I woke up this morning, it didn't feel like there was a crumpled up piece of paper in my eye like it has been," Freeman said. "Everything feels good today."

Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera continued to emerge from a slump and hit well against left-handers Thursday against Kansas City.

Cabrera raised his batting average to .238 with a two-game game. He singled in the first off Royals southpaw Bruce Chen and added a two-run double in the fifth to give his team a 5-0 lead. He has 16 hits in his last 53 at-bats.