Tribe right-hander Carlos Carrasco will face Twins right-hander Kyle Gibson in the first game, while Cleveland’s Cody Anderson takes on Minnesota’s Mike Pelfrey in an all-righty matchup in the nightcap. They are one game behind Houston for the second wild-card spot. It’s remarkable that with less than a week left in the season they were still mathematically in the wild-card race, given that they have been over.500 just one day since April 9. The Indians are 4½ games behind Houston. He gave up two runs on four hits with four strikeouts and no walks. Jepsen, who has been dealing with similar flu-like symptoms as Hughes, picked up his ninth save with Minnesota since being acquired from the Rays on July 31. That’s the most losses by a Cleveland pitcher since Greg Swindell went 9-16 in 1991.
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Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Corey Kluber delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Monday, September 28, 2015, in Cleveland.
As the season progressed and the losses climbed, I started working on other projects, which allowed me to aimlessly wander around the ballpark, meeting people from all over the state and hear their stories – in addition to being able to snap a few photos of the sun setting to the west. Over his past six outings, the big righty has gone 4-0 with a 1.98 ERA and.225 opponents. average in 36 1/3 innings.
Brantley was not in the lineup Tuesday night against the Twins because of soreness, and manager Terry Francona said the former All-Star was being examined by an orthopedist.
Francisco Lindor would get one of the runs back in the bottom of the first inning. Kipnis, though, retreated to third base and scored on Lindor’s groundout to short.
The Twins beat Kluber at Target Field on Wednesday, jumping on him for four runs in the fourth inning. With two outs and nobody on, first baseman Joe Mauer doubled off the wall in left field. He became the first Indians pitcher with 16 defeats in a season since Greg Swindell in 1991, but also posted his 700th career strikeout. The rookie shortstop has 11 home runs and 49 RBIs and is batting.319 in 93 games. Starter Corey Kluber was not at his best with all four runs scored on seven hits and three bases on balls covering six innings. Miguel Sano scored on the play.
“I’ve been battling to get a little bit of command since I’ve come back (from a hamstring injury)”, he said. Milone went five and two thirds innings in an emergency start after Philip Hughes was scratched with the flu. Minnesota 2B Brian Dozier has homered just once in his last 19 games and is two shy of his first 30-homer campaign.3.
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He settled down the second time through the Indians order, retiring all nine batters he faced to keep the momentum on the Twins’ side. On April 3, Santana was suspended for 80 games after testing positive for Stanozolol, a performance enhancing drug.
