The Indians, assured of a winning spring at 15-13 after yesterday’s win over the Chicago Cubs, are taking on the Cincinnati Reds this afternoon in the final Cactus League action of the year for The Good Guys.
Justin Masterson gets his final tuneup of the preseason in the game against the defending NL Central champions, who come in with a record of 16-14.
Manny Acta’s lineup looks like this:
1) Shin-Soo Choo (L) RF
2) Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
3) Travis Buck (L) CF
4) Shelley Duncan® LF
5) Travis Hafner (L) DH
6) Matt LaPorta® 1B
7) Jack Hannahan (L) 3B
8) Adam Everett® 2B
9) Lou Marson® C
Three more days and the games will start “counting”. It cannot get here soon enough.