Aviles is batting .306 (15 for 49) with one home run, three doubles, five RBI and seven runs in 13 June games. He has two stolen bases in that span.

Aviles hit his fourth home run of the year for a two-run shot off starter Nick Tepesch with two outs. He finished 1 for 4 and has a .272 average.

The veteran has hit in three straight games but the homer was his first extra-base hit in his last 10 contests.

Aviles flied out to right field to end the game but continued a previous argument with home-plate umpire Tony Randazzo, who ejected him. The first pitch Aviles saw in the at-bat against Mariano Rivera was a checked swing that was ruled a foul-tip strike. 

"Mike, you get emotional sometimes," manager Terry Francona said. "I just thought that, at that point, Tony should've kept walking or apologized to Mike. Everybody makes mistakes. That's a tough call. That's a tough position to be put in when you're facing Rivera."

Aviles, who is filling in at shortstop for Asdrubal Cabrera, went 1 for 4 in the game with a run scored and is batting .282. 

Aviles, who went 2 for 4 with an RBI on a sacrifice fly, will be expected to man shortstop for as long as Cabrera misses time. CBS Sports Baseball Insider reports that with Cabrera almost certainly headed for the disabled list, manager Terry Francona expects big things from Aviles.

"Mike Aviles will shine," Francona predicted. "I have no doubt. You don't like to lose any players, but you don't like to use it as an excuse." 

Aviles is batting .283 and has gone 5 for 11 over his last three games with three RBI. 

Aviles has hit in three-straight games and has gone 5 for 11 with two doubles, a homer and three runs scored over that stretch. He's batting .292.