The Indians, winners of two of their last three spring games, are back in action this afternoon against the Milwaukee Brewers, their ancient divisional rival who have long-since relocated to the National League.
Mitch Talbot gets the starting assignment for the Tribe today, hoping for a solid outing as Opening Day is now only 17 days out and it is time to begin rounding into season form.
The lineups for today’s 4:05 p.m. matchup are as follows — the Brewers (11-6) will start the game with:
1) Rickie Weeks® 2B
2) Craig Counsell (L) SS
3) Mark Kotsay (L) RF
4) Prince Fielder (L) 1B
5) Casey McGehee® 3B
6) Jeremy Reed (L) CF
7) Mat Gamel (L) DH
8) Luis Cruz® LF
9) Wil Nieves® C
While the 6-9 Indians will send out these starters:
1) Michael Brantley (L) CF
2) Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
3) Shin-Soo Choo (L) DH
4) Carlos Santana (S) C
5) Chad Huffman® RF
6) Orlando Cabrera® 2B
7) Matt LaPorta® 1B
8) Luis Valbuena (L) 3B
9) Ezequiel Carrera (L) LF