Indians Go for a Sweep of the Twins as Bauer Looks to Keep Closing AL Central Deficit

The Indians are back at it against the Minnesota Twins at Progressive Field this evening, looking for a chance to get a three-game sweep over the first-place Twins.

The Tribe enters the affair 9.5 back of the Twins in the AL Central, but have already cut the deficit by a pair of games with wins Tuesday and Wednesday.

Wednesday the team was down 5-1, but rallied with a pair of homers in the 7th inning and one in the 8th to seal the win. Jordan Luplow hit a two-run shot to tie the game, and Roberto Perez hit a solo shot to give the team the lead.

Francisco Lindor homered in the 8th and Brad Hand closed out the win for the Tribe as they move to 31-30 on the season.

Tonight it’s Trevor Bauer going for the Indians, he enters the game at 4-5 with an ERA of 3.76. He’ll go up against Twins ace Jose Berrios, who is an impressive 7-2 with an ERA of 3.27.

Berrios shutout the Indians on opening day with a 2-0 win at Target Field in Minnesota. Bauer came back for the team’s first win of 2019 two days later allowing one run on one hit over seven innings.

Here’s the Indians starting nine:

SS Francisco Lindor
2B Jason Kipnis
DH Carlos Santana
1B Jake Bauers
3B Jose Ramirez
LF Jordan Luplow
RF Tyler Naquin
C Roberto Perez
CF Leonys Martin

And the Twins lineup:

CF Max Kepler (L)
SS Jorge Polanco (S)
DH Mitch Garver (R)
LF Eddie Rosario (L)
RF Marwin Gonzalez (S)
2B Jonathan Schoop (R)
3B Ehire Adrianza (S)
1B C.J. Cron (R)
C Willians Astudillo (R)