Corey Kluber (15-9, 3.16 ERA), attemping to pick up his 200th strikeout of the season, is on the hill for the Cleveland Indians (82-59) as they square off against Jose Berrios (2-5, 9.21 ERA) and the Minnesota Twins (53-89) in the last of a three-game series at Target Field. The Twins won the last game 2-1, and the series is currently tied 1-1. Action begins at 2:10 p.m. ET on Sunday, Sep. 11 and can be seen on STOh and FSN.
Berrios pitched 5.0 innings in his last outing, surrendering five runs, striking out six and walking one in an 11-5 defeat to the Royals. Brian Dozier (.277, 95 Rs, 39 HRs, 93 RBIs, 14 SBs) went 1 for 5 yesterday with one run. Kluber went 7.0 innings, surrendering four runs, striking out nine and walking three in a 4-3 defeat to the Astros in his most recent start. Mike Napoli (.251, 85 Rs, 32 HRs, 93 RBIs, 4 SBs) went 1 for 4 yesterday.
Notes
In their last game, the Indians lost by a margin of one run. The Twins are 13-25 in one-run games. The Indians have a 24-20 record in close games.
The Twins managed to give up five walks in their last game. They’ll have to pick it up against the Indians who are coming in with a 27-8 record against opponents who give up that many walks or more.
When they are outhit, the Twins are 9-72. The Indians have a 12-41 record when opponents outhit them.
Ranking 16th in home runs, Cleveland has hit 171 this season. Minnesota ranks 13th with 177 home runs.
Minnesota and Cleveland both rank in the top half of the league in walks. Minnesota sits at 14th with 445 this season and Cleveland ranks 11th with 453.
The Twins are 44-51 in games where they hit one or more home runs. The Indians are 58-37 when they hit at least one homer.
