White Sox slugger Jose Abreu wasted no time in announcing his return from the DL on Monday. The Cuban first baseman belted a two-run home run off Clayton Kershaw in his second at-bat since being shelved with left ankle tendinitis on May 18. However, that would be the highlight for the White Sox, who fell 5-2 to the Dodgers.
MLB news: Jose Abreu homers in return, Red Sox fall with Stephen Drew back in lineup, Mets top Phillies again
Jose Abreu homers in his return from the DL, the Red Sox see their seven-game winning streak snapped as Stephen Drew returns, and the Mets top the Phillies again, taking four out of five games at Citizens Bank Park.
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And, as Dodgers announcer Vin Scully himself stated, Abreu didn’t even get all of it, possibly breaking his bat but still getting enough to lift the home run over the left field fence in Dodger Stadium.
Despite missing 14 games, Abreu is still tied with Giancarlo Stanton for third in the majors with 16 home runs, and he leads the White Sox in home runs, RBI and slugging percentage.
Masterson, Indians snap Red Sox’s winning streak
The Red Sox fell three games short of following up their 10-game losing streak with a double-digit winning streak, as they lost to the Indians, 3-2.
Stephen Drew made a quiet return to the Red Sox lineup, going 0-for-2 with a walk, while playing shortstop as Xander Bogaerts shifted over to third base.
Cleveland starter Justin Masterson shut out his former team over seven innings and allowed just three hits, while striking out a season-high 10 batters in the process. In the fourth frame, Masterson threw an immaculate inning, striking out three Boston batters on nine pitches. Turns out it was already the third immaculate inning this season, but just the 26th in AL history.
Indians first baseman Lonnie Chisenhall continued his hot hitting with a two-run single in the first inning and is now hitting .361/.412/.541 in 151 plate appearances in 2014.
Mets take four of five from Phillies
Coming into Monday night, the Mets and Phillies had played in three straight extra-innings games. That trend finally came to an end, however, as Bartolo Colon shut down a woeful Philadelphia offense to lead the Mets to a 5-1 win.
Colon allowed three hits and a run in seven innings of work, lowering his ERA to 4.40. The right-hander has now surrendered just three earned runs in his last three starts.
The Phillies, meanwhile, failed to put up much of a fight on offense once again. With the team ranking in the bottom 10 among MLB offenses in runs per game, on-base and slugging percentage, one wonders how much longer the Phillies can hope to remain in contention in the NL East.
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