Cabrera doubles in rehab debut with Scrappers

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Scrappers shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera came up with the bases loaded, got two strikes, choked up on his bat and doubled to right field, driving in two runs.

It was a big league at-bat for a big league player who just so happened to be playing in the New York-Penn League.

“The way he adjusted during the at-bat, how he gave something up with two strikes, there’s some teachable things in there for me as an instructor,” Scrappers manager Travis Fryman said of the Indians’ regular shortstop. “OK, yeah, he’s flashy in the field and does a lot of things but let’s point out a couple things that he does really, really well.”

Cabrera, playing his first game since going on the disabled list with a fractured forearm on May 18, went 1 for 3 and played flawlessly in the field in five innings in front of 3,767 fans at Eastwood Field — 500 more than average.

Alas, it wasn’t enough as the Scrappers fell 10-5 to the Hudson Valley Renegades.