WASHINGTON -- The Cleveland Indians starting rotation is suddenly on a roll. Julius Thomas Jaguars Jersey .After struggling through a tough stretch last week, right hander Josh Tomlin will look to turn in the teams fourth consecutive strong outing when the Indians close out their two-game series at the Washington on Wednesday.Tuesday night was Trevor Bauers turn. He bounced back from the worst outing of his career to pitch 6 1/3 shutout innings for the win as the Indians defeated the Nationals 3-1.That followed quality work from Corey Kluber and Carlos Carrasco over the weekend. The trio combined for a 1.27 ERA over 21 1/3 innings over the three games.What it does is it kind of sets up everybody for their roles, said bench coach Brad Mills, who managed Tuesdays game when Terry Francona was taken ill prior to the start. Its sure nice to get, theres no doubt.Like Bauer, Tomlin (11-4, 3.81 ERA) hopes to rebound from a bad outing. He allowed a season-high seven earned runs on nine hits over 4 2/3 innings in his last start, a loss to the Yankees.Tomlin ranks second in the majors in walks per nine innings (1.15) and third in strikeout to walk ratio (5.56). Hell be making his first career start versus the Nationals, and owns a career .600 batting average (6-for-10).The Nationals meanwhile are suddenly struggling to score runs, winning 1-0 on Sunday before Tuesdays loss.Max Scherzer took a no-hitter into the seventh before surrendering two runs. Jayson Werths homer cut the deficit to one before the Indians added a run in the ninth.It went from a no-hitter to a loss in a matter of time and we couldnt muster too much offense, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. We hit a couple balls hard, but they hit a couple balls hard also. It was a well-played and well-pitched game.Perhaps its no coincidence that Washington was again without Bryce Harper, whos now missed two straight games with a stiff neck.Hes been getting worked on and stuff, Baker said. Anybody thats had a stiff neck realizes how tough that is, especially to swing. Hes on a day-to-day basis.The reigning National League MVP, Harper is hitting just .233, but is second on the team with 20 homers and third with 57 RBI.Werth also drew a walk in Tuesdays loss as he extended his on-base streak to 39 games.Washington starter Gio Gonzalez (7-9, 4.13) has been resurgent of late. He enters with a 3-1 record and a 2.03 ERA in his last five starts, including 6 1/3 innings with just two earned runs allowed in a no-decision at Cleveland on July 16.Gonzalez, the former Oakland Athletic, has enjoyed facing the Indians. In eight career starts against them, hes 5-0 with 1.07 ERA, though only one of those meetings has come since 2013.Hell have to contend with a red-hot Jose Ramirez. Hitting in the fourth spot, Ramirez drove in two runs with two hits Tuesday night, stole a base and scored a run.Hes been doing it all year, Mills said after the game. He was hitting cleanup tonight for a reason.In his last 15 games, Ramirez is batting .407 (22-for-54) with five doubles, two home runs, five RBI, 10 runs scored and eight stolen bases.One question mark for Cleveland is the status of its manager. Mills said Francona, who had expressed discomfort during his pregame media session, was examined at the ballpark.He started feeling ill. I know the doctors checked him out and so forth and they just felt itd be better for him to go back to the hotel and he did, Mills said.Knowing him he was probably really agonizing during the game, but I think hes doing fine hopefully and well see how it works out for tomorrow.T.J. 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CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs will throw one of their youngest players into the fray against the Los Angeles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw?on Saturday in Game 6 of the National League Division Series. The Cubs need only one more win to advance to their first World Series in 71 years.Cubs manager Joe Maddon has inserted rookie Albert Almora Jr., 22, into the lineup in right field in place of veteran Jason Heyward. Almora, who bats right handed, is 0-for-6 in the postseason in limited action, primarily as a defensive replacement.Kershaw is pretty good, Maddon said coyly. You look at his numbers, theyre absurd against lefties. Get another right-handed bat out there, [and] the way Albert can play defense really makes it a little bit easier. Chose him over [Jorge] Soler. I think Albert is swinging the bat well. I like his defense a lot.Almora hit .277 with three homers in 47 games during the regular season. He also wowed with highlight-reel defense.Heyward, who signed an eight-year, $184 million free-agent deal with the Cubs last winter, has struggled at the plate all season, though his defense and base running have helped keep him in the lineup. He is just 2-for-28 in the postseason, including a 1-for-16 showing against the Dodgers. His career numbers against Kershaw are even less encouraging: 0-for-12 with seven strikeouts.Hes struggling, obviously, Maddon said. He keeps working. We have a lot of faith in him. If we didnt have the opportunity to do something differently tonight, I wouldnt have. But we do. Albert just presents well at the plate and well on defense to the point where I thought we need too give it a go.Chris Ivory Youth Jersey. Maddon suggested that Heyward might need to use the offseason to recapture his once dangerous swing. He hit .281 over the previous two seasons before sinking to .230 in 2016.Theres going to be a lot of internal work done with him in the offseason, no question, Maddon said. You know hes not satisfied with the year. But he keeps going out there and, again, hes a big part of our 100-plus wins this year.The Dodgers, in search of a spark on offense, also switched up their lineup Saturday, putting rookie Andrew Toles in the leadoff spot and dropping veteran Chase Utley to the No. 8 spot.Toles did not start a game as the Dodgers leadoff hitter this season?and had just one at-bat from that spot. Utley was the Dodgers leadoff hitter 112 times this season, holding the job primarily with a right-handed pitcher on the mound.Toles was a third-round draft pick in 2012, and he?made his major league debut on July 8, 2016. But the outfielder was sent back down at the end of July and returned Aug. 21, batting .313 with a .567 slugging percentage over his past 32 games with the Dodgers.Aside from the Toles/Utley switch, the Dodgers mostly stuck to their lineup against right-handed pitching. Corey Seager will follow Toles, with Justin Turner batting third. Adrian Gonzalez is the Dodgers cleanup hitter, with Josh Reddick, Joc Pederson and Yasmani Grandal to follow. Kershaw will bat after Utley in the No. 9 spot.ESPNs Doug Padilla contributed to this report. Cheap NFL JerseysCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaCheap Jerseys From ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys AuthenticWholesale Jerseys ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaNFL Cheap JerseysCheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '
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