Ubaldo Jimenez News

After receiving yet another strong starting pitching performance and making the most of their opportunities at the plate and on the bases late in Monday's narrow 2-1 victory at Cleveland, the Royals will try to jump above .500 on Tuesday night in the second of three games at Progressive Field.

A sore left shoulder that has been bothering Swisher for much of the season kept him out of the lineup Sunday, despite manager Terry Francona's assertion that he would play the night before.

Clubhouse confidential: Carlos Carrasco's seven-game suspension ends Sunday. Following his simulated game Thursday, he was in line to start Tuesday against the Royals, but those plans have been altered.

The boost in payroll hasn't translated into bigger crowds at Progressive Field, but team officials said that signing Swisher and especially Bourn was a big help in retaining more than 90 percent of the Indians' small base of season-ticket holders.

It took 15 pitches for Vinnie Pestano to retire Jeff Baker, who led off the ninth inning for the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.

Jason Kipnis and Mike Aviles homered, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers, 5-2, in the rubber match of a three- game series.

Notes from tonight's rubber game. In a LGT first, this post has been written entirely on a mobile phone.

Cleveland Indians pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez, left, listens to catcher Carlos Santana against the Detroit Tigers in the second inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Mich., Friday, June 7, 2013.

MLB Team Report - Cleveland Indians - INSIDE PITCH The Indians, who had gone over a week since their last win, snapped their eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over Texas on Tuesday.

The Cleveland Indians ' starting pitching finally stepped up to help the club end a woeful stretch.

I thought it would be useful to show not only how the Indians have done in recent years, but also how long it usually takes for even a good major-league player to go from being drafted to the majors.

Ryan Fowler has spent the past eight years covering and talking sports on TV and radio, in newspapers and on the Web.

It is hardly an ideal situation, but the Indians have found a way to navigate around the eight-game suspension handed to pitcher Carlos Carrasco nearly two months ago.

Links for last night's game, along with 1st round pick Clint Frazier and further draft coverage, a new left-handed reliever, Yasiel Puig, and a cameo by Manny Ramirez.

DETROIT: If Ubaldo Jimenez ever considered quitting the Indians and baseball for a less exasperating job, like selling Ovaltine on the Strip or becoming a storm chaser, Friday would have been the night to make the move.

The path has been different. His earned run average looks a big strange. But there's been nothing wrong with the bottom line that counts the most.

Like his team, Indians catcher Carlos Santana has had somewhat of a roller-coaster season thus far.

Justin Verlander has struggled against the Cleveland Indians this year, but his last two starts have been very promising.

The Tribe holds the 5th pick in tonight's MLB Draft. Here's a look at the history of the players chosen in that spot.

MLB Team Report - Cleveland Indians - INSIDE PITCH With the exception of losing centerfielder Michael Bourn for about a month earlier in the season with a lacerated finger, the Indians have managed to avoid any major injuries to any major players.