3B Yunel Escobar (sore left knee) was not in Sunday's lineup. Escobar was injured trying to beat out a double play on the final out of Saturday's game.

3B Yunel Escobar moved into third place in the American League's batting race Sunday. Escobar went 3-for-5, doubled, struck out once and scored a run during a 5-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. The Cuban infielder is now hitting .322, his highest average since he batted .326 in 94 games with the Atlanta Braves as a rookie in 2007.

3B Yunel Escobar is hitting .381 (32-for-84) wen leading off a game this season and has a career average of .363 (111-for-306) when leading off a game. His on-base percentage leading off a game this season is .372, nearly 100 points higher than the Angels' leadoff batters in 2015 (.280).

3B Yunel Escobar recorded his fourth career five-hit game. The first four were last season. He also walked in the ninth, marking his first career game to reach base six times. He is the first Angel to reach base six times in a game since C.J. Cron on July 2, 2016 at Boston.

3B Yunel Escobar singled to lead off the game for the third time in four games with a hit. He is hitting .378, 3-for-82, while leading off a game this season.

3B Yunel Escobar reached base three times in five plate appearances during Sunday's 8-1 rout of the Chicago White Sox. Escobar walked, hit two singles and scored a run before finishing 2-for-4. Escobar raised his average to .322 to move into a tie for third place with Boston Red Sox SS Xander Bogaerts among the American League's hitters.

3B Yunel Escobar became the first Angel to begin a game with a triple in 11 months. Escobar tripled off the wall in right-center field and scored the only run in a 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox before finishing 1-for-3. Shane Victorino was the last Angel to hit a lead-off triple on Aug. 14.

3B Yunel Escobar went 3-for-5 in Thursday's win with an RBI and a run scored. He tied a career high by extending his current hit streak to 12 games. The Angels are 29-27 when Escobar gets a hit this season and 3-16 when he doesn't.

3B Yunel Escobar had a season-high-tying four hits Sunday, going 4-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. In the process, he extended his hitting streak to season-best eight games.

3B Yunel Escobar returned to the Angels lineup Saturday night after missing seven games with a left knee injury. He went 1-for-4 with a walk and his throwing error -- his 12th error of the season -- allowed a run to score in the fifth inning.

3B Yunel Escobar missed his seventh consecutive game with a knee injury but will not be placed on the disabled list. Manager Mike Scioscia said Friday he hopes Escobar might play over the weekend.

3B Yunel Escobar missed his seventh straight game with a knee injury but remains active with the hopes he can return this weekend.

3B Yunel Escobar was not in the starting lineup Tuesday against the Astros for the fifth game in a row because of a bone bruise on his left knee. The Angels are hoping Escobar, who is hitting .310, can return to the lineup by Friday. INF Gregorio Petit started Tuesday at 3B in Escobar's place.

3B Yunel Escobar was not in the starting lineup Monday for the fourth game in a row because of a bone bruise on his left knee. He is listed as day to day. INF/OF Jefry Marte started at 3B in place of Escobar and RF Kole Calhoun was in Escobar's leadoff spot in the batting order.

3B Yunel Escobar (bone bruise on left knee) was not in the starting lineup for the fourth straight game. INF/OF Jefry Marte started in his place.

INF Yunel Escobar was not in the starting lineup for the third consecutive game after bruising his left knee Thursday night. An MRI revealed that Escobar has a bone bruise. He is considered day-to-day. Escobar began Sunday's play ranked seventh in the American League with a .310 average.

INF Yunel Escobar was not in the starting lineup for the second consecutive game after bruising his left knee Thursday night. He is considered day-to-day. Escobar entered Saturday's action ranked eighth with a .310 average and ninth with 85 hits.

3B Yunel Escobar was not in the starting lineup for the second consecutive game after bruising his left knee Thursday night.

3B Yunel Escobar was not in the starting lineup Friday against Oakland, one day after hurting his left knee running out a ground ball. Hitting .310, Escobar and CF Mike Trout (.303) are the only Angels regulars hitting .300 or better. INF/OF Jefry Marte started at 3B in place of Escobar Friday, and 2B Johnny Giavotella batted in Escobar's leadoff spot. Escobar is day-to-day.

3B Yunel Escobar went 3-for-5 with a double, drove in one run and scored once on Saturday in a 7-1 victory against Oakland. Over his past 41 games, Escobar is batting .335. He had his third three-hit game and 27th multi-hit game of the season.