By Michael Rodgers The Cleveland Indians (53-43, 22-24 away) are looking to win the series with a victory tonight versus the Texas Rangers (41-57, 19-29 home) following an 11 inning 9-8 victory Friday night. It will be interesting to see how both teams fair tonight considering the long and draining matchup last night played in 107 degree temps in Arlington. The Rangers come into tonights game losers of their last 3 and the Indians have
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Andrew Heaney Jersey RHP Carlos Carrasco (11-5, 4.12) vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (5-7, 4.64)TV: SportsTime OhioOnline: MLB.TVRadio: WTAM 1100am, Indians Radio Network1. Remember This Guy?Scroll to Continue The Tribe will be facing a familiar face as the Rangers send the immortal, former Indian, Bartolo Colon (5-7, 4.64 ERA) to the mound to face Carlos Cara sco (11-5, 4.12) this evening. Colon has 14 career starts versus his former team and is 7-5 with a 4.07 ERA. This will be
Ian Kinsler Jersey the 45 year olds 18th start and 20th appearance of the season. He will be looking to rebound from his last start, which he lost after giving up nine hits, four runs (three earned) in six innings of work against the Boston Red Sox.2. Hoping the Cookie Doesn't Crumble Saturday Indians starter Carlos Cara sco will be making his 18th start of the season and 19th appearance overall, as he picked up the win in the final game before the break, coming on in relief against the Yankees and picking up the win. In that win over the Yankees, he was dominant in the one inning of work, throwing an inning out of the bullpen striking out 2 batters before
Jared Walsh Jersey Michael Brantley's HR put the team ahead for good in the bottom of the 8th. Carrasco comes into tonights game with nine career appearances and seven starts (2-3, 6.64) against the Rangers.3. Hot Hitting Jose There's not much you can say about Indians 3B Jose Ramirez, who has been hot as of late. He enters tonights game batting .302 with 30 home runs, 71 RBI, and 20 stolen bases. Over his last 7 games Ramirez has a .481 batting average, 6 home runs, 12 RBI and 13 runs scored. Slowing him down will definitely be a challenge as he is only the 4th player in MLB history to have at least 30 homers and 20 steals in the first 100 games of the season. His 30 homers are also a career high. The Tribe hopes to hold former Indian, Shin-Shoo Choo and Joey Gallo in check. Choo is batting .294 with 18 homers and Gallo leads his team
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