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12	Januar 2019

Shane Bieber is going to be an asset in the postseason

CHICAGO (AP) � one way or the other.Bieber remained perfect on the road with six scoreless innings http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-matt-williams-jersey , Francisco Lindor led off the game with a home run and the Cleveland Indians beat up the Chicago White Sox 10-2 on Wednesday night.Edwin Encarnacion finished 3 for 4 with a three-run homer and drove in four runs for the AL Central champs.Bieber was sharp again in his final start of the regular season. It is uncertain if the rookie will start or come out of the bullpen in the AL Divisional Series.�For a kid that�s got two-thirds of a year in the major leagues, he carries himself really well, competes, tries to get better. We feel like one way or another, he�ll help us win,� said Indians manager Terry Francona.Bieber (11-5) improved to 7-0 on the road, setting a single-season record with most road wins without a loss by a Cleveland pitcher. The 23-year-old has yet to lose a road game in his 11 career starts.He retired the first eight batters and didn�t allow a hit until Yoan Moncada reached after hitting an unusual high bouncer back to Bieber with two outs in the fifth. Bieber, who got a laugh out of it, didn�t even have a chance to make a throw to first.Bieber coasted through the White Sox lineup, allowing just two hits. He finished with nine strikeouts and two walks.�Whether I�m starting or relieving Bruce Bochy Jersey , the job comes down to the same thing: Go out there and get outs. That�s what I plan on doing and helping the team as much as I can,� Bieber said.Kevan Smith broke up the shutout with an RBI single with one out in the ninth off Indians reliever Oliver Perez. Adam Engel also added an RBI single off Adam Cimber.In the home finale and fan appreciation night, the White Sox finished 30-51, their worst performance at home in a full season since the last-place 1948 team won 27 games.�One of the things you try to take advantage is home-field advantage. Hopefully as we continue to evolve and develop that will be part that comes with it, winning at home,� White Sox manager Rick Renteria said.There was a scare in the eighth inning, Erik Gonzalez, who came in as a defensive replacement for the Indians, was hit off the left side of his helmet during an at-bat. Gonzalez, who was hit by White Sox reliever Rob Scahill http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-willie-mays-jersey , was down for several minutes while being tended by team trainers and was helped off the field. Gonzalez was checked by the team doctor and will be checked again to make sure he can get on the flight; then evaluated in the morning.On the third pitch of the game, Lindor hit his ninth leadoff homer of the season off White Sox starter Jace Fry (2-3), extending Lindor�s team record. It was his 12th career leadoff home run and his 37th home run of the season.�Love it, especially when I know it�s gone. It�s fun. It�s good that I can get the game going; it�s one of the reasons I told Tito (Francona) I wanted to hit leadoff,� Lindor said.Encarnacion tagged White Sox reliever Ryan Burr with a three-run shot in the fourth inning. It was his 32nd of the season.Fry, used throughout the season as a reliever, made his first career start on what Renteria called a �bullpen day.� Fry only lasted an inning.Josh Donaldson had a career-best four walks for Cleveland.Renteria had to resort to the bullpen day because of a doubleheader scheduled against Minnesota on Friday.BACK ON TRACKLindor broke a 0-for-15 slump with his leadoff home run.ALDS READYEncarnacion is hitting .341 with three home runs and 11 RBIs over his 13 games.TRAINER�S ROOMIndians: RHP Carlos Carrasco will start the season finale at Kansas City but Francona plans to use fellow righty Trevor Bauer as a reliever in the game. �We�ll flip-flop what we did (Tuesday),� he said a day after Bauer made his second start since returning from a stress fracture in his leg. The manager added Bauer was �doing good� after Tuesday�s outing. � Brantley was back in the lineup after leaving Tuesday�s game with a right calf contusion.White Sox: 1B Jose Abreu is done for the season with an infection on his right thigh. He�s been out since Sept. 16 with the infection. He will not travel with the team to Minnesota for the final road trip. He hit .265 with 22 home runs and 78 RBIs.UP NEXTIndians: RHP Josh Tomlin (2-5) is scheduled to start for the Indians on Thursday night at Kansas City.White Sox: Right-handers Reynaldo Lopez (7-9) and Lucas Giolito (10-12) will start in Friday�s doubleheader against the Twins. Lopez allowed one run over seven innings in a win against the Cubs in his last start. Giolito pitched 6 2-3 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits in a loss to the Cubs on Saturday. ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) � After getting three big homers and nine innings of outstanding pitching to complete a series sweep Will Clark Jersey , the Los Angeles Angels are headed into a day off with a rare feeling of contentment in their disappointing season.The Detroit Tigers are just grateful to be going home after a horrific California road trip ended with nothing but losses.Justin Upton and Albert Pujols hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning, and the Angels swept the Tigers with a 6-0 victory Wednesday.Kole Calhoun hit a leadoff homer and rookie Jaime Barria (7-7) pitched five-hit ball into the sixth inning for the Angels, who were in a 1-6 skid before getting back to .500 with their first series sweep � and their first shutout victory � since early June.�It�s always good to win like this, especially when you sweep a series,� Barria said �Everybody is feeling much better. It�s a better atmosphere in the clubhouse.�The atmosphere was quiet down the hall as the struggling Tigers packed up for the plane: Detroit scored only eight runs on its 0-6 road trip, getting shut out three times. All but three of Detroit�s runs over 58 innings of play out West came in Tuesday night�s 11-5 loss to the Angels.�We�ve got a lot of guys struggling at the same time, a lot of guys fighting it,� Detroit manager Ron Gardenhire said. �We�ve got a day off, and we know we play better at home. We�ve got time to maybe work on a few things. We�ve got to get back on the positive side mentally.�Mike Trout missed his seventh consecutive game with a sore right wrist, but the Angels still scored 23 runs in the three-game series without their best player.�Obviously you never want to play many games without a guy like Mike in our lineup Barry Bonds Jersey , but I think we�re holding our own,� Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.The Angels broke it open in the fifth when Upton connected on a full-count changeup from Blaine Hardy (4-4) for a two-run homer. Moments later, Pujols added his 632nd career homer.Hardy yielded seven hits over five innings for the Tigers, who are headed home without a win on the West Coast. Detroit has lost 21 of its past 26 road games overall.Starting with three strikeouts in the first inning, Barria had another effective outing for the Angels, who have benefited greatly from his surprising emergence as a dependable starter in their injury-plagued rotation. He struck out five in total and walked one before leaving with two outs in the sixth. The Angels bullpen then got 10 consecutive outs to finish it.Jefry Marte had an RBI single in the first inning, and he doubled and scored on Jose Briceno�s single in the sixth.KOLE�S SHOTCalhoun led off for the Angels with his 15th homer. The blast was the ninth leadoff homer by Calhoun, who endured a miserable first half of the season before finding his stride since coming off the disabled list June 18. He has hit 14 homers since that DL stint, tops in the AL during that stretch.TROUT OUTThe Angels got more good news when Scioscia said he�s optimistic Trout could play Friday against the Oakland Athletics. Trout�s wrist has kept him out for the second-longest injury absence of his big-league career, but he will come in Thursday on the Angels� day off to throw and perhaps to swing a bat.NO-HEIShohei Ohtani had the day off after homering Tuesday night as the Angels� designated hitter. Ohtani frequently sits against left-handed starting pitchers such as Hardy.UNHAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTHThe Tigers haven�t won a series at Angel Stadium since August 2009 http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-madison-bumgarner-jersey , and they�ve lost 24 of their past 31 games in Anaheim. They�ve also lost 31 of their 43 meetings overall with the Angels since September 2012.TRAINER�S ROOMTigers: Catcher John Hicks went on the 10-day disabled list with a right groin strain. The move was retroactive to Tuesday. Detroit recalled catcher Grayson Greiner from Triple-A Toledo to back up James McCann.Angels: Manager Mike Scioscia is still hoping Tyler Skaggs can start Saturday against Oakland after coming off the 10-day disabled list. Skaggs went on the DL last weekend with a left adductor strain, but the move was retroactive to his previous start.UP NEXTTigers: After a day off, Jordan Zimmermann (4-4, 4.31 ERA) makes his 16th start of the season in the opener of a home series against Minnesota.Angels: After a day off, converted reliever Felix Pena (1-3, 4.97 ERA) makes his ninth start of the season Friday at home against Oakland. Pena has been a solid stopgap for the Halos� troubled rotation. He took a no-hitter into the sixth inning in Cleveland last weekend, but still took the loss.