The Cleveland Indians must battle through some early-season adversity and show their depth as they host the Chicago White Sox tonight to open a two-game set.
The Cleveland Indians are off to a 2-4 start to the season having lost their last three games. As a team the Indians are hitting .238 with Carlos Santana hitting .333, Jason Kipnis hitting .308, and Jose Ramirez hitting .235. The Indians pitching staff has an ERA of 4.42 with the starters at 4.31 and the bullpen at 4.57. For game one of their series against the White Sox th4 Indians start Carlos Carrasco who allowed three hits and struck out 10 over 6.1 scoreless innings at Houston to get a win in his first start this season.
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The Chicago White Sox are 2-4 this season winning their last two games. As a team the White Sox are hitting .237 with Avisail Garcia hitting .368, Jose Abreu hitting .238, and Melky Cabrera hitting .208. The White Sox pitching staff has an ERA of 5.65 with the starters at 5.50 and the bullpen at 5.94. For game one against the Indians the White Sox start Jose Quintana who allowed nine hits and five runs while striking out four over 5.0 innings to not get a decision in his first start of the year when he faced the Royals.
Cleveland is 7-1 following an off day, 1-4 as a home favorite, 1-5 against the AL Central, and 1-9 in Carrasco’s last 10 home starts against a team with a losing record. Chicago is 6-15 following a win, 3-9 against the AL Central, 4-1 after allowing 2 or less runs in their previous game, and 1-4 in Quintana’s last five starts as a road underdog. Chicago is 5-16 in their last 21 meetings in Cleveland.
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Here’s five players to watch:
Carlos Carrasco: How do you follow up a 10-strikeout performance? Hopefully for the Indians, Carrasco can go seven innings and turn the bullpen over the ball with the lead. Although, after the Detroit series, Tribe Town has little confidence in its relievers.
Michael Brantley: The Indians have played five games this season. Brantley’s played in two. It’s time to hit DEFCON on his back. It is a MAJOR concern. Brantley missed just six games all of last season.
Jose Abreu: The reigning AL “Rookie of the Year” already has one moonshot this season, and Tribe fans are hopeful Indian pitching won’t let Abreu feast like Miguel Cabrera did last series. Miggy entered the Tribe series batting .182. He departed Cleveland batting .520.
Jose Quintana: Tuesday night’s starter owns a pretty nice career line against the Indians, going 3-0 with a 3.24 ERA in 11 career games over nine starts. Throw home field advantage out the window for the Tribe, too, because Quintana has been nasty in Progressive Field, with a 1.52 ERA over 23 2/3 innings.
Brandon Moss: Nobody thought Moss would be Babe Ruth from the get go, but the Tribe needs to see signs that he’s not the player who hit just four homers after the All-Star break last season. His .488 OPS tells a story of Moss getting on base, with four walks in 16 at-bats, but he’s also struck out five times. With Yan Gomes out, the Indians need to start getting better production from the middle of their order.
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