Cleveland Indians vs. Kansas City Royals

Manager Terry Francona said Kluber won’t be on a pitch count. “I play for the love of the game”.

Two months ago, they were in a baffling funk. Infante muffed a grounder hit directly at him, giving Kansas City three errors on the day.

But following a few trades, and energized by the arrival of All-Star-in-the-making Francisco Lindor and a few other youngsters, the Indians have battled back to.500 and are in the thick of the wild-card race. “You’ve got to have guys who go out and get you deep into games and preserve your bullpen as much as you can”.

“We just made some mistakes to Infante”, Francona said. “He put every effort he had to get us a win”.

“I didn’t do anything close to my job today and I cost our team a chance to advance in the standings”, Duffy said. Then, Antonetti dealt Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn – a pair of disappointing free-agent signings – to Atlanta on August . 7.

Angels starter Jered Weaver (7-11) got thrown out of the game for hitting Seattle third baseman Kyle Seager with a pitch.

“He’s our ace of the staff, he’s our leader”, right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall told MLB’s official website.

The Indians have experience at late-season comebacks.

The Royals tendered Duffy a contract last winter and settled on a $2.43 million salary in arbitration. This climb appears more treacherous as they have six games left with the playoff-bound Royals and seven against Minnesota, another one of the clustered teams fighting for a wild-card entry. Only three American League players, rookie or otherwise, have more hits than Lindor’s 102 since his June 14 recall.

Asked about his big night, Lindor said, “We won the game”. “These games are fun”. If this was in the middle of the season, we probably wouldn’t be talking about this. All that matters is what we’re doing now. “When Carlos Carrasco came back in that first game, he was a little bit winded”. We’re playing for the name on the front.

In his two-plus seasons in Cleveland, the Indians are 43-25 in September-October games. For instance: Danny said he had good stuff, but he wasn’t locating it. I’m not a pitcher or a pitching coach, but I’d think having good stuff would also include location.

“The stats are nice, but what matters most is winning”, he said. The Royals struggles continued in Wednesday’s 5-1 defeat at Progressive Field for their 8th defeat in eleven contests.

Still, their rally has Francona’s insides filled with butterflies like the orange-and-black winged monarchs who have stopped at Progressive Field during their 2,000-mile trek from Canada to Mexico.

After talking about his lack of presence, Danny went on to say some contradictory things about his performance. Sometimes it just hits you maybe before Wednesday like it to. We’re not dragging them out there.