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ACAB adds 3 more with a homer of his own!

Then the Indians load the bases, but can't score. 6-0 now

JOEZ just jinxed Ramirez - he got caught stealing 2nd

Give him a little time to learn the major league pitchers JR. He'll be fine.

On another note:

I saw all of jose Ramirez's winter league ballgames from the regular season, through the playoffs, on to the Series del Caribe last year. Ramirez played with three winter league teams last year. The first was his regular season team. He was chosen as a replacement player for the Dominican League playoffs and again for the Series del Caribe. I think that's what Terry Francona was referring to when he said "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."

I also saw all of the Akron games this year and all of the games Ramirez has played at the major league level thanks to mlb.com archives. I have never seen Ramirez as aggressive at the plate as he's been in Cleveland. He's swinging much harder than I've ever seen him swing this winter and this summer.

Evidently the coaches are keeping a watchful eye out on him. He is definitely a work in progress.

He's only had 9 major league at bats and he's already put three balls to the wall. I don't think they'll be trading Ramirez at least for another year. Who would have though that Ramirez would have beat Lindor to the major league level?

Nice outing from McAllister

Swisher with another homer! 7-1 now. 9th consecutive year he has hit 20 in a season. Nice to see him getting hot down the stretch!

..............WE WIN!!!

.........................................SWEEP!!!

Tribe has won 9 out of the last 12, and are back to the high water mark of their season, 13 games above .500. What a turnaround from last season!

3 games at KC, 4 games at home with the Astros, 2 games at home with the White Sox, 4 games on the road with the Twins.

Texas has 4 games at Tampa Bay and Texas has lost 6 games in a row and 9 of 10.

Cleveland Indians vs. Kansas City Royals: On-deck

By Paul Hoynes, Northeast Ohio Media Group
on September 15, 2013 at 7:23 PM, updated September 15, 2013 at 7:54 PM


CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Indians open a critical three-game series against Kansas City on Monday night. The Indians and Royals are trying to run down Tampa Bay and/or Texas for the second wild card spot.

Where: Kauffman Stadium.

When: Monday through Wednesday.

TV/radio: SportsTime Ohio; WTAM AM/1100 and WMMS FM/100.7.

Pitching matchups: LHP Scott Kazmir (8-8, 4.24) vs. RHP James Shields (11-9, 3.38) Monday at 8:10 p.m.; RHP Corey Kluber (9-5, 3.55) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (2-0, 1.85) Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. and RHP Danny Salazar (1-2, 2.66) vs. LHP Bruce Chen (7-3, 3.11) Wednesday at 8:10 p.m.

Season Series: The Indians lead the Royals, 9-7. The Indians lead, 312-295, overall.

Indians update: They lost two out of three last week to the Royals, scoring just nine runs in the process. Carlos Santana is hitting .407 (22-for-54) with two homers and 11 RBI against the Royals. Kluber is 2-0 and Kazmir 1-2 against them.

Royals update: They've won 14 of their last 21. Eric Hosmer has 10 RBI against the Indians, while reliever Luke Hochevar has held them to one run, striking out 18 in 10 1/3 innings. Closer Greg Holland has six saves in six scoreless innings.

Injuries: Indians: C Lou Marson (right shoulder), RHP Frank Herrmann (right elbow), INF Cord Phelps (right wrist), LHP Scott Barnes (left wrist) are on the DL. Justin Masterson (left oblique) is day to day. Royals: RHP Felipe Paulino (right elbow) is on the disabled list.1B Carlos Pena (appendectomy) is day to day.

Next: Houston visits Progressive Field for a four-game series Thursday to start the last homestand of the season.

Shields is outpitching Kazmir, and the Royals lead, 1-0, in the 3rd.

A win tonight guarantees that we move into one of the two wild card slots, since the Rays and Rangers are playing each other.

KC adds another run in the bottom of the 3rd

Looks like the Indians won't gain any ground tonight. They can't solve Shields