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(Sports Network) - After getting their offense going in a big way on Wednesday, the Indians bats may not feel as much pressure to perform this evening with Carlos Carrasco set to take the hill. Nike Free 3.0 V2 Womens UK . Carrasco, though, will certainly take all the help he can get as he tries to extend his career-best winning streak to four straight starts Thursday when Cleveland opens a four-game set with the Texas Rangers in a battle of first- place clubs at Progressive Field. Carrasco has a 4.15 ERA over his win streak and has allowed three homers in his last two starts after giving up just one over his first seven starts. Still, he beat the Rays on Saturday after giving up two runs on seven hits over six innings and also did not walk a batter for the first time this year. The 24-year-old righty is 4-2 with a 4.91 ERA in nine starts this season, but just 1-2 with a 7.64 ERA in three at home. Carrasco has faced the Rangers just once before when he made his second big- league start on Sept. 8, 2009. He got a no-decision in an 11-9 win, allowing five runs on eight hits and three walks over five innings. He yielded homers to Julio Borbon and David Murphy in the outing. Cleveland could make things easier tonight on its young hurler with another offensive charge. The Indians plated 19 runs in winning the final two games of their series with the Blue Jays and had lost five of six prior to that run, scoring two runs or less in each loss while getting shut out twice. After plating four runs in the first inning on Wednesday, the Indians broke the game open with an eight-run third inning in which they sent 13 men to the plate. Grady Sizemore had a three-run double in the opening frame and Matt LaPorta got the scoring started in the third with a three-run homer. Asdrubal Cabrera also hit one of his career-high three doubles in the third inning and ended with four hits and three RBI. Backed by the heavy bats, Josh Tomlin picked up his seventh win of the season despite allowing six runs on eight hits. Its nice to have that extra cushion, said Tomlin, who walked one and struck out seven in six innings. Cleveland owns a five-game edge over Detroit for first place in the American League Central, but things are a bit tighter for front-running Texas in the AL West. The Rangers sit just 1 1/2 games ahead of the second-place Mariners, while fourth-place Oakland is only 3 1/2 games back. Texas, though, did its part on Wednesday, blanking Tampa Bay, 3-0. Colby Lewis outdueled the Rays David Price with eight scoreless innings of four-hit ball, striking out eight, before Neftali Feliz finished things up with his 11th save of the season. Price was definitely doing his job and all I was trying to do was go out there and match him, Lewis said. Elvis Andrus did his job against Price by driving in a pair of runs to help Texas to its fourth victory in five games. Nelson Cruz added three hits and an RBI and is hitting .429 (9-for-21) over his last six games with a pair of homers, four RBI and five runs scored. Matt Harrison was to start this game for the Rangers, but left his last outing with a blister on his left index finger and the ailment will cause the southpaw to be scratched from tonights outing after an unsuccessful bullpen session on Wednesday Its definitely frustrating not being able to throw [Thursday], Harrison told Texas website. But its better to get it taken care of now rather than go out and pitch two innings and have to come out again. Right-hander Dave Bush will make his third spot start of the season instead and 10th overall appearance. Bush has posted a 2.57 ERA in his two starts this season and is 0-1 with a 4.43 ERA overall. Bush, who has yet to throw more than 4 1/3 innings in a game this season, has made four career starts against the Indians, with the 31-year-old going 0-1 with a 5.55 ERA. The Rangers have won 12 of their last 15 versus the Indians, going 7-2 at Progressive Field in that time. Nike Free 3.0 Mens sale . With the final four being arguably the four best – and most complete – teams from the regular season, picking a winner is not as easy as it sounds. Nike Free 3.0 Womens Sale . He missed a three-game series against New York this week after suffering the injury last Sunday while trying to leg out a base hit during a game in Cincinnati.DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR has indefinitely suspended Todd Parrott, the crew chief for Sprint Cup Series driver Aric Almirola, for violating its substance-abuse policy. NASCAR announced its decision Thursday against Parrott, who works for Richard Petty Motorsports. The substance was not identified. "We have an expectation of all RPM employees to conduct themselves at the highest level of professionalism and within the competitive confines as set forth by NASCAR," said Sammy Johns, RPMs vice-president of operations and competition. "We are very disappointed that one of our employees did not meet our expectations and we completely support NASCAR, their policies and final decisions when it comes to the substance abuse policy." Johns will handle crew chief duties for the No. 43 Ford this weekend at Talladega and until further notice. Parrott was the longtime crew chief for Halll of Fame driver Dale Jarrett when Jarrett was at Robert Yates Racing. Nike Free 5.0 Womens Online. . He guided him to two Daytona 500 victories, in 1996 and 2000, and wins at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1996 and 1999. The duo also paired to win the 1999 Cup championship. Parrott also developed many of NASCARs future crew chiefs, including Mike Ford, Jimmy Elledge and younger brother, Brad. The No. 43 car at RPM has never participated in any NASCAR programs affiliated with alcohol, dating back to seven-time champion Richard Pettys days as a driver. Pettys mother made the request, since she was against alcohol and banned substances. As a result, the car doesnt participate in beer-sponsored contingency programs and didnt run in the exhibition opening race of Daytona Speedweeks when it was sponsored by Budweiser. The No. 43 also does not participate in the Coors Lite pole award program in NASCAR. cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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