ARLINGTON -- Delino DeShields is back in the Texas Rangers' lineup as the center fielder and lead-off hitter for Sundays' game against Seattle at Globe Life Park.
DeShields missed 20 games because of a fractured hamate bone in the left hand. The club expected DeShields to be absent for from four to six weeks because of the injury and subsequent surgery.
Before being activated from the disabled list, DeShields had seven at-bats in three games with Double-A Frisco on injury-rehabilitation assignment. The Rangers' medical staff approved the earlier-than-anticipated return because of DeShields' tolerance to pain and healing of the incisions.