Los Angeles Angels third baseman Yoan Moncada missed Wednesday night's home game against the Tampa Bay Rays because he's taking his United States citizenship test in Miami.

The Angels placed Moncada on the restricted list on Wednesday. The club is hopeful he will return on Thursday.

Moncada, 30, was born in Cuba. He left the country legally in 2014 and spent time in Guatemala before becoming eligible to join a major league team. He eventually signed with the Boston Red Sox as an international free agent in 2015.

Moncada is in his first season with the Angels. He is batting .221 with eight homers and 24 RBIs.

In parts of 10 big league campaigns, Moncada is batting .252 with 101 homers and 363 RBIs in 795 games with the Red Sox (2016), Chicago White Sox (2017-24) and Angels.

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