CLEVELAND -- Now that closer Roberto Osuna is back on track, the Toronto Blue Jays try to win a series from the Cleveland Indians.
Jack Buck .The two teams have split the first two contests of their three-game set, the last of which will be played Sunday at Progressive Field.Osuna has ridden the roller coaster in the first two games. In a spectacular blown save Friday night, he gave up back-to-back home runs to Jose Ramirez and Tyler Naquin in the ninth inning. Naquins was a walk-off inside-the-park homer.Saturday night, Osuna came in to pitch the ninth with the Blue Jays leading 6-5, and he retired the side in order. Better yet, two of the three outs he got were Ramirez and Naquin.It was almost an identical scenario, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. Everybody blows a game once in a while. But when that game is over, you try to bounce back.Thats exactly what Osuna did.On Sunday, the Blue Jays will send Marcus Stroman (9-5, 4.63 ERA) to the mound against Clevelands Corey Kluber (13-8, 3.15).Stromans last start against the Indians came on July 1, in that epic 19-inning game won by the Indians 2-1. In that game, Stroman pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits with six strikeouts and one walk.Stroman has made two career appearances against the Indians and has no record and a 5.63 ERA.Kluber comes into Sundays start on a roll.He hasnt lost a game since July 3 -- a 17-1 loss to Toronto in which he gave up five runs in 3 1/3 innings, falling to 1/3 with a 6.14 ERA in four starts versus the Blue Jays. He is 5-0 with a 1.65 ERA in seven starts since.Sundays game will be the finale of Clevelands longest homestand of the season: 11 games against the Angels, Red Sox, White Sox and Blue Jays. The Indians have gone 7-3 in the first 10 games.The Indians and Blue Jays both lead their respective divisions. The Indians are in first place in the AL Central and Toronto leads the AL East, so they could be potential postseason opponents.
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Custom Cardinals Jersey China. The former Canadian international also served as interim Canadian mens coach in 2003. "Im the proudest man in Canada, once again," Miller said. "We will be hoping to build on the positive way we finished our last camp together with a result away to the United States, and also looking to build on the good work that Tony Fonseca did with the team during the recent camp in Qatar." Canada has been searching for a permanent head coach since Stephen Hart stepped down last October after the loss to Honduras. ' ' '