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Indians and White Sox tied, 1-1, through three: Cleveland Indians briefing

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Indians and White Sox are tied, 1-1, through three innings.

Cleveland Indians lose to Chicago White Sox, 4-3.Manny Ramirez makes his White Sox debut today at Progressive Field. (Chuck Crow/The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- This is a daily briefing of the Indians' 2010 regular season. The Tribe plays host  to the White Sox this afternoon in the finale of a three-game series at Progressive Field.

Pitching matchup: RHP Carlos Carrasco (----) vs. RHP Freddy Garcia (11-5, 4.89).

In-game updates: The White Sox and Indians were tied, 1-1, through three innings.

Alex Rios hit a two-out homer in the first -- his 20th. He ripped an 0-1 fastball over the wall in left-center.

Carrasco gave up one other hit. Andruw Jones had a swinging bunt in the second.

Carrasco got Manny Ramirez to ground to short leading off the second.

The Indians tied it in the third. Jason Donald walked and stole second. Chris Gimenez failed to advance him by grounding to short.

Donald moved to third on Michael Brantley's grounder and scored on Asdrubal Cabrera's single to right.

Pregame notes:

The Indians have added Carrasco, reliever Jensen Lewis and outfielder/infielder Jordan Brown from Class AAA Columbus. They bring the major-league roster total to 28.

Rosters can expand to 40 beginning Sept. 1.

Carrasco, 23, has spent the entire season at Columbus, where he went 10-6 with a 3.65 ERA in 25 starts. He ranks 4th in the International League with 133 strikeouts.

Lewis begins his fifth stint with the Indians this season. He has gone 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA in 25 appearances (25.2IP, 24H, 11R/ER, 16BB, 18K). He was with the Indians most recently from July 30 to Aug. 6.

At AAA Columbus, Lewis went 2-1 with two saves and a 2.67 ERA in 24 appearances.

Brown begins his second stint with the Indians, for whom he has batted .226 (7-for-31) with 4 doubles, one RBI and 4 runs in nine games. Since being optioned to Class AAA on Aug. 15, he went 13-for-54 in 14 games. He has spent most of the season with Columbus, hitting .298 (97-326).

The Indians' roster consists of 14 pitchers, two catchers, seven infielders and five outfielders.  The 40-man roster stands at 39.

Man-Ram in the lineup: Manny Ramirez will debut with the White Sox as the starting designated hitter. He will bat fifth.

Lineups:

White Sox (72-60) -- 1. Juan Pierre lf; 2. Omar Vizquel 2b; 3. Alex Rios cf; 4. Paul Konerko 1b; 5. Manny Ramirez dh; 6. Mark Teahen 3b; 7. Andruw Jones rf; 8. Ramon Castro c; 9. Alexei Ramirez ss; and Garcia.

Indians (53-79) -- 1. Michael Brantley cf; 2. Asdrubal Cabrera ss; 3. Shin-Soo Choo rf; 4. Travis Hafner dh; 5. Jayson Nix 3b; 6. Jordan Brown 1b; 7. Shelley Duncan lf; 8. Jason Donald 2b; 9. Chris Gimenez c; and Carrasco.

Umpires: P -- Tim Welke; 1b -- Jim Reynolds; 2b -- Bill Welke; 3b -- Mike DiMuro.

 


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