This is an 8* play on CLEVELAND

It's probably too early to start talking Wild Card, but this shaped up to be a pretty important series for Cleveland as they came in trailing Texas in that race by half a game. The Indians lost Monday's opener, 7-2, but have stormed back to take the last two games while scoring 20 runs in the process. Thus it is now them with a half game lead over the Rangers, although Boston has now passed both. For this afternoon, Cleveland sends out Shane Bieber who has won his last four decisions. He is sixth in the AL in strikeouts and has had 10 or more three times in the past six starts. He had 12 over the weekend in a 4-2 win over Detroit. Mike Minor of Texas has the fifth lowest ERA (2.63) in the American League, but we're not sure if we're buying him to be successful over the long-term. His success this year has been quite surprising and before winning at Cincinnati last weekend, he'd been without a victory since May 20th. His last four wins all have been against teams that were in last place at the time. Play on CLEVELAND

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