For all of you night-owls, there is baseball to be played late tonight, in a preview of those series against Seattle and the Angels that will be played on the coast during the regular season.
This spring game between the Texas Rangers and the Indians will begin at 10:05 Cleveland-time, so if there is no recap posted before noon tomorrow or thereabouts, I will give a capsule summary of the Texas game with the preview of the Angels’ game tomorrow afternoon.
Cleveland sends Carlos Carrasco against defending AL champion Texas tonight. Here are the lineups for the game under the Arizona lights:
Texas will send out this group against Carrasco —
1) Julio Borbon (L) CF
2) Elvis Andrus® SS
3) David Murphy (L) LF
4) Nelson Cruz® RF
5) Mitch Moreland (L) 1B
6) Yorvit Torrealba® C
7) Chris Davis (L) 3B
8) Chad Tracy® DH
9) Andres Blanco (S) 2B
The Indians will have these starters against Matt Harrison —
1) Ezequiel Carrera (L) CF
2) Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
3) Shin-Soo Choo (L) RF
4) Austin Kearns® LF
5) Travis Hafner (L) DH
6) Orlando Cabrera® 2B
7) Matt LaPorta® 1B
8) Jack Hannahan (L) 3B
9) Lou Marson® C