NEW YORK -- New York Yankees slugger Edwin Encarnacion homered in his return from the injured list Tuesday, blasting a two-run shot in the seventh inning against the Texas Rangers.
Encarnacion was the latest player activated off the 17-player-deep IL, where he had been since early August after being hit with a pitch in the right wrist.
Encarnacion was in the Yankees' lineup on Tuesday, batting fifth, after missing a month of play since being diagnosed with a hairline fracture in his right wrist. Following a slow start since coming over from Seattle in a mid-June trade, Encarnación went 24 for 71 (.