The Cleveland Indians, who are playing their best baseball of the season, will send former Cy Young Award victor Corey Kluber to the mound Tuesday in the second contest of their three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Tampa Bay was 9-2 before its current slide, and manager Kevin Cash is remaining optimistic. In a 6-4 loss to Seattle on June 16, Snell pitched 3 1/3 innings, giving up five runs, one earned, and eight hits, with three strikeouts and one walk. On Monday, he gave up two runs in the first although only one of them was his fault. Ramirez then belted his fourth home run into the seats in right field to push the lead to 5-0.Uribe, the next batter, hit one over the left-field wall for his sixth home run. Tampa Bay 1B Logan Morrison is 0-for-11 in his last three games and 3-for-32 in his last eight.2.
The Cleveland Indians are sitting atop the American League Central needing to avoid losing streaks.
The bomb was Uribe’s third in as many games for the infielder, marking the most consecutive days in which he’s homered amidst his 15-year career. “Fastball command eluded him a little bit, but I thought he did a real nice job”.
Even if he’s still seeking his first big league win, rookie Blake Snell took another step forward Tuesday night.
Center fielder Desmond Jennings misplayed a hard liner hit by Jason Kipnis in the third, allowing it to bounce off the ground and his glove before caroming over his head.
Francisco Lindor and Juan Uribe provided the drama Monday night by homering in the eighth inning, and the Indians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4.
Lonnie Chisenhall added an RBI single in the sixth.
Rays: RHP Ryan Webb (right pectoral strain) made his second rehab appearance at Triple-A Durham, striking out two in one inning Monday. Tampa Bay was held to three hits and two walks with five players reaching base.
Indians: OF Michael Brantley has been diagnosed with right biceps tendinitis and has been given a cortisone shot.
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Indians: RHP Trevor Bauer has a 3-2 record with a 3.23 ERA in 10 starts after making his first six appearances of the season in relief. First, Jose Ramirez lined a two-run home run to right field, his fourth of the season. He is 1-4 with a 7.48 ERA for the Indians. Mahtook was placed on the disabled list Tuesday afternoon with a broken left hand, but an examination in St. Petersburg, Florida only showed a non-displaced fracture and he does not need surgery to fix the injury. While Mahtook isn’t exactly a household name, he’s a former first-round pick that had been seeing quite a bit of playing time for the Rays with Kevin Kiermaier, Steven Souza and Brandon Guyer all now on the disabled list.
