3B Luis Valbuena hit his 17th home run of the season on Sunday and 11th since the All Star break, which leads the team. Of his last 40 base hits, 22 have gone for extras bases.

INF Luis Valbuena has been primary replacement for injured 3B Yunel Escobar and has hit well since Escobar went on the disabled list on Aug. 6. In his past 11 games, Valbuena is hitting .323 (10-for-31) with five homers and 12 RBIs. That includes a three-run homer and an RBI single on Wednesday in the Angels' loss to the Rangers.

3B Luis Valbuena has been showing plenty of power since the All-Star break. He did it once again Saturday night, hitting two homers in the 5-1 victory over the Orioles. Valbuena hit a solo homer in the second plus a two-run homer in the fourth and nine since play resumed in July.

INF Luis Valbuena is on a four-game hit streak, going 5-for-14 (.357). Of his past 13 hits, 10 are for extra bases -- four doubles, six homers. The left-handed hitter did not play Friday and may not start until Sunday with the Blue Jays starting left-handers in the first two games of the series.

3B Luis Valbuena struck out to end the game, but Valbuena still had an outstanding series in Cleveland. In the three games Valbuena, who played for the Indians from 2009-11, batted .455 with two doubles, two home runs, and two RBIs.

1B Luis Valbuena continues to haunt his former teammates. Valbuena, who played for Cleveland from 2009 to 2011, doubled in a run in the second inning, and hit a game-tying solo home run leading off the seventh. He has hit home runs in three consecutive games, and in the first two contests in Cleveland he is 4-for-8 with a double, two home runs and four RBIs. Nine of his last 12 hits have been for extra bases.

1B Luis Valbuena, an former Indians player, belted a two-run homers in the fifth inning against his former team on Tuesday night. Valbuena played for the Indians from 2009 to 2011. His home run was his first at Progressive Field since he hit one for the Indians against the White Sox on April 16, 2010.

1B Luis Valbuena hit two home runs in Saturday's loss to Tampa, giving him eight on the season. "Forget the first half. My new season starts today," Valbuena said Saturday. He hit .181 with a .261 on-base percentage in 57 games before Saturday.

PH Luis Valbuena had his first pinch hit of the season with an infield single beating the shift in the eighth inning. Valbuena missed the first month of the season with a right hamstring strain. He is batting .175 this season.

1B Luis Valbuena made his first start of the season at third base Sunday with Yunel Escobar sidelined with a twinge in his hamstring. Valbuena has played first this season since being activated from the disabled list, but he's played third more than any position in his major league career and will likely take regular turns there now with Yunel Escobar on the DL with a hamstring strain. Manager Mike Scioscia said he's considering using Valbuena occasionally at second base to add some pop to the lineup. "On a limited basis, it's certainly something we would consider," Scioscia told the L.A. Times.

1B Luis Valbuena hit his first home run as an Angel, a two-run shot in the first inning of a 3-2, 11-inning loss to the Oakland A's on Monday night. 3B Yunel Escobar led off with an infield single, and Valbuena hit a towering blast to straight-away center field over the 400-foot sign with two outs. Valbuena's home run came on a 2-1 pitch from RHP Kendall Graveman. Valbuena, who went 2-for-5, is batting .316 in six games.

INF Luis Valbuena, activated earlier in the day from the disabled list after missing the first 27 games due to a right hamstring strain, pinch-hit in the sixth inning in his Angels debut and fouled out to third. He then remained in the game at first base and eventually drew a key walk in the decisive 11th inning. Valbuena, who batted .260 last season with Houston, hit .348 (8-for-23) with three doubles in a six-game rehab stint with Class A Inland Empire.

INF Luis Valbuena, out all season with a strained right hamstring, is expected to be activated next Tuesday when the club is in Seattle. Valbuena signed with the Angels as a free agent this past offseason after playing the previous with the Astros.

3B Luis Valbuena, who was expected to help the Angels' offense after being acquired in the offseason, has yet to play a game with a hamstring injury but is expected to begin a rehab assignment next week.

3B Luis Valbuena, who was expected to help the Angels' offense after being acquired in the offseason, has yet to play a game because of a hamstring injury but is expected to begin a rehab assignment next week.

3B Luis Valbuena continues to ramp up activities as he rehabs the right hamstring strain that landed him on the 10-day disabled list on April 1 (retroactive to March 30). Valbuena, who signed with the Angels after spending the previous two seasons in Houston, has begun agility drills but hasn't started running the bases.

1B Luis Valbuena opened the season on the disabled list and is still weeks away from being ready to play. Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Monday, "Making progress. He's starting to swing off a tee, but not the type of running you'd need to see to be able to estimate when he'd be able to come back. Valbuena signed a two-year, $15 million free agent contract on Jan. 24. He hit .260 with 13 home runs in 90 games last season for Houston. He did not travel with the team to Oakland.

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1B Luis Valbuena will be out four to six weeks after injuring his right hamstring Wednesday. Valbuena, expected to provide left-handed power and defensive versatility, had season-ending surgery on the muscle in August. The Venezuelan infielder hit 25 home runs and drove in 56 runs for the Houston Astros two years ago, his best season as a power hitter.Valbuena was expected to start at first base.

3B Luis Valbuena will undergo season-ending surgery on his injured right hamstring in the next few days, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said Tuesday. Valbuena, who has not played since July 26, hit .260 with 13 home runs and 40 RBIs in 90 games this season.