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Ramirez offering energy boost off the bench

By Manny Randhawa / MLB.com | 9/15/2013 2:41 P.M. ET

CHICAGO --

Indians manager Terry Francona has been impressed with the play of rookie Jose Ramirez.

The 20-year-old infielder had a pinch-hit triple and scored a run in the Tribe's 8-1 victory over the White Sox on Saturday night, and going into Sunday's series finale with Chicago had been 3-for-9 with five runs scored since making his big league debut on Sept. 1.

"That was a good at-bat [Saturday] night," Francona said. "I think he's come as advertised. … The game is not going too fast for him. He played a lot of winter ball last year and those games are pretty high intensity, so I think that's a big part of some of our comfort level.

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