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Sandoval receives warning letter, returns to Red Sox lineup

Boston Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval (48) sits on the bench before the start of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Thursday, June 18, 2015, in Atlanta. Boston third baseman Pablo Sandoval has been benched by manager John Farrell after using his Instagram account during a loss to the Braves on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jon Barash) Boston Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval (48) sits on the bench before the start of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Thursday, June 18, 2015, in Atlanta. Boston third baseman Pablo Sandoval has been benched by manager John Farrell after using his Instagram account during a loss to the Braves on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jon Barash)

By Associated Press June 19, 2015 1 min read

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Pablo Sandoval is back in the Boston Red Sox lineup after being benched Thursday for using his cellphone during a game.

Sandoval received a warning letter from Major League Baseball, but was not fined for his transgression. The third baseman acknowledged he used his cellphone during Wednesday’s game at Atlanta to click “like” on a woman’s photographs that appeared in his Instagram account.

Sandoval, who returned to Kansas City on Friday for the first time since catching a foul pop with San Francisco for the final out of the 2014 World Series, did not address the Instagram issue before the game after talking about it at length on Thursday.