The Indians have added reliever Vinnie Pestano and catcher Luke Carlin from Class AAA Columbus. They'll join the team Thursday in Cleveland.
Updated: 3:01 p.m.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- This is a daily briefing of the Indians 2010 regular season. The Indians play the Twins today in the final game of a three-game series at Target Field.
Target Field dimensions: Left field line 339 feet, left center 377, center field 403, right center 365, right field line 328.
In-game notes:
Score: Twins 3, Indians 1 after six innings.
Bad inning: Carlos Carrasco took a 1-0 lead into the sixth inning, but left the inning with a 3-1 deficit.
The Twins scored the three runs with two out following Alexi Casilla's leadoff single. Jose Morales doubled after Carrasco struck out two straight to make it 1-1. Matt Tolbert followed with another double to make it 2-1. Then came an RI single by Ben Revere.
Early lead: The Indians had five hits against Nick Blackburn in the first two innings, but managed to score only one run.
After Drew Sutton walked and Travis Hafner singled with two out in the first, Shelley Duncan singled through the middle with the runners moving to score Sutton. Matt LaPorta and Luis Valbuena started the second with singles, but Chris Gimenez bunted into a force play at third.
Michael Brantley followed with a single, but Sutton hit into a double play.
Nice job: Carlos Carrasco gave up a one-out triple to Alexi Casilla in the first, but struck out Jason Kubel and retired Danny Valencia on a fly ball to right to end the inning.
Pre-game notes:
Game 152: The Indians have called up reliever Vinnie Pestano and catcher Luke Carlin from Class AAA Columbus. They'll join the Indians on Thursday in Cleveland.
Pestano and Carlin must be added to the 40-man roster, which means two roster spots must be cleared.
"We want to get a look at Pestano," said manager Manny Acta. "He throws from a three-quarters angle, can get it up there in the mid-90 mph range and has good sink on the ball.
"He could figure into our plans somewhere down the road."
Carlin is a veteran catcher that the Indians acquired from Pittsburgh in August. He's played in the big leagues with San Diego in 2008 and Arizona in 2009.
"You usually bring up a catcher in September to help handle the extra pitchers," said Acta.
Pestano went 1-2 with a 1.55 ERA and 14 saves at Columbus this year. He struck out 59 and walked 14 in 46 1/3 innings. He averaged 11.49 strikeouts per nine innings and 2.22 walk per nine innings. Pestano's WHIP was 1.06.
In the postseason, Pestano had one save in four appearances as Columbus won the International League championship. He struck out eight and walked one in four innings.
Pestano added a scoreless ninth inning Tuesday night as the Clippers beat Tacoma, 12-6, for the Class AAA championship.
The Indians took Pestano with their 20th pick in the 2006 draft out of Cal State Fullerton.
Carlin hit .231 (9-for-39) with two homers and six RBI for the Clippers. He hit .239 (49-for-205) with two homers and 23 RBI for Class AAA Indianapolis this year before the Indians acquired him.
The Tigers drafted Carlin in the 10th round in 2002.
Carlin hit .350 (7-for-20) with two homers and five RBI in the International League playoffs. He went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's championship game.
Lineups:
Indians (62-89): CF Michael Brantley (L), SS Drew Sutton (S), RF Shin-Soo Choo (L), DH Travis Hafner (L), LF Shelley Duncan (L), 3B Jayson Nix (R), 1B Matt LaPorta, 2B Luis Valbuena (L), C Chris Gimenez and RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-0, 2.70).
Twins (91-60): CF Denard Span (L), 2S Alexi Casilla (S), DH Jason Kubel (L),
3B Danny Valencia (R), 1B Jose Morales (S), 2B Matt Tolbert (S), LF Ben Revere (L), RF Jason Repko (R), C Drew Butera (R), and RHP Nick Blackburn (9-10, 5.43).
Umpires: H Sam Holbrook, 1B Greg Gibson, 2B Brian Knight, 3B Gerry Davis. Davis, crew chief.
Quote of the day: "I don’t know why people say I’m not supposed to be doing what I’m doing. I’m just trying to do my job. I’m blessed, and I’m glad that I’m blessed," Albert Pujols from the Baseball Almanac.
Next: Indians open four-game series against Kansas City on Thursday night at Progressive Field.