3B Yunel Escobar (left thumb strain) is day-to-day after being a late scratch before Saturday's game against the Red Sox. Manager Mike Scioscia said Escobar sustained the injured diving for a ball at the end of Friday's game. Escobar went 2-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts Friday in Boston. "He didn't feel it last tonight. Today he came in and it was sore," Scioscia said. Cliff Pennington took his place in the lineup Saturday.

3B Yunel Escobar (hamstring) was activated from the disabled list and returned to the starting lineup, hitting fourth behind Albert Pujols and going 2-for-4. Escobar was hitting .339 in 13 games before going on the DL. He has 13 multi-hit games in 2017, third on the team behind Mike Trout and Andrelton Simmons.

3B Yunel Escobar was sent on a rehab assignment to Class A Inland Empire. Escobar was placed on the 10-day disabled list May 15 because of a strained left hamstring. After a slow start this season, Escobar hit .357 (20 for 56) with three homers and 10 RBIs in the 13 games before his injury.

3B Yunel Escobar has started a running program and will begin to run the bases soon, according to manager Mike Scioscia. Escobar is dealing with a sore hamstring and has not played since May 13.

3B Yunel Escobar was placed on the 10-day disabled list Monday because of a strained left hamstring. He is expected to miss two-to-four weeks. After a slow start this season, Escobar was just beginning to heat up at the plate. Over his past 13 games, he hit .357 (20 for 56) with three homers and 10 RBIs.

3B Yunel Escobar was placed on the 10-day disabled list after sustaining a Grade 1 strain of his left hamstring while running Saturday night. He will likely be sidelined for two to four weeks.

3B Yunel Escobar has put a 0-for-22 April slump behind him. He is hitting .357 with 10 RBIs in his last 13 games. He felt some tightness in his hamstring after a single in the sixth inning Saturday against the Tigers and came out of the game the next inning. He's listed as day-to-day.

3B Yunel Escobar is hitting .395 in his last 11 games and had his second career two-home run game on Sunday. He had three hits Thursday and he leads the team in multi-hit games with 13. He's done this coming off an 0-22 slump in April.

3B Yunel Escobar doubled his home run total for the season in Sunday's game, hitting a pair of deep home runs off Houston starter Mike Fiers. He's hitting .406 in his last seven games. `"He's a very aggressive hitter, that's the book on him," Fiers said. "He hit my first pitch and I had to remind myself that I have to be focused on every pitch."

3B Yunel Escobar gave the Angels a 1-0 lead on the first pitch of the game with a 438-foot home run to left center field off Rangers starting pitcher Nick Martinez. It was Escobar's second homer of the season, driving in his seventh run of the year, and the ninth leadoff home run of his career. It was his first-ever homer at Globe Life Park, where he sports a .321 career batting average, his highest at an opposing team's park with 30 or more games played.

3B Yunel Escobar went 1-for-4 Thursday against Oakland, but his double in his final at-bat of the night ended his hitless streak at 22 consecutive at-bats. Angels manager Mike Scioscia said despite Escobar's recent struggles, there are no plans to move him out of the leadoff spot. Escobar, who is hitting .237, ranked ninth in the American League last year with a .306 average.

3B Yunel Escobar registered two hits on Wednesday. It was the seventh multi-hit game for Escobar, which leads all Angels hitters. Escobar also drove in the lone run for the Angels, putting him seven RBIs away from 500.

3B Yunel Escobar leads the American League with 15 hits, which is unusual because April typically has been his worst month of the season throughout his career. His .258 average, .322 on-base percentage and .693 OPS in April are low marks since he reached the majors in 2007. His best month has been July, during which he has hit .304 with a .415 slugging percentage and .777 OPS.

3B Yunel Escobar had three more hits in the Angels' 6-5 win over Texas on Tuesday and is now hitting .455 (15-for-33). He leads the Angels in runs, hits and total bases (tied with Mike Trout).

3B Yunel Escobar hit his first home run of the season Saturday night. Escobar began the bottom of the fifth inning by lining RHP Felix Hernandez's 91 mph fastball over the center-field fence. Escobar added a double to finish 3-for-4 with three runs scored in a 5-4 win over the Seattle Mariners. The Cuban infielder recorded successive three-hit games for the seventh time in his career.

3B Yunel Escobar provided the consistency that the Angels sought in a leadoff hitter. Acquired from the Washington Nationals, Escobar finished ninth in the American League's batting race with a .304 average while adding a .355 on-base percentage and a career-best 28 doubles. His batting average and on-base percentage ranked second on the team only to CF Mike Trout. Escobar's contract includes a $7 million option that the Angels likely will pick up. But Escobar will turn 34 in November and even if the Angels retain him, the 10-year veteran would become a free agent after next season.

3B Yunel Escobar shares ninth place in the American League's batting race with Texas Rangers SS Elvis Andrus. Escobar went 0-for-4, reached base on a fielder's choice, drove in one run and scored another in an 8-1 win over the Houston Astros. Escobar finished with a .304 average, marking the second consecutive season he hit higher than .300.

3B Yunel Escobar returned to the starting lineup and went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in a 3-0 loss to the Houston Astros. Escobar missed the past two games because of a sore right shoulder. Escobar fell to ninth in the American League's batting race with a .305 average.

3B Yunel Escobar extended his hitting streak to eight games Monday night. Escobar singled in the eighth inning for his only hit and scored the winning run in a 2-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Escobar, who finished 1-for-4, is batting .324 (11-for-34) during his streak and ranks eighth among the American League's hitters with a .309 average.

3B Yunel Escobar ended an 0-for-20 slump Sunday. Escobar singled up the middle in the third inning and finished 1-for-5 with a strikeout in a 4-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Yet Escobar's average fell to .307 and he barely remains among the American League's top 10 hitters.