Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cleveland Indians (7:05 pm ET, STO)
Toronto Blue Jays lags to Cleveland Indian by 2-0 and in Game 3 (7:05 pm ET, STO), Indians will definitely try to win. The Toronto have a 40-38 home, 20-21 away record whereas the Indians have a 29-47 away, 14-20 home record. If lose this game on Wednesday, at Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio then it will lose the four game series.
The Cleveland Indians are on the verge of matching their longest winning streak of the season. On Wednesday night, as they continue their home series with the Jays, Indians try for a fourth straight victory.
On Sunday, by beating Cincinnati, Cleveland (29-47) snapped a seven-game slide before taking the first two of this four-game set. On Tuesday, Travis Hafner added two hits in a 5-4 and Matt LaPorta hit his second home run, contributing to the win.
The Indians are on the verge of winning a series for the first time since June 11-13 and they have won four in a row twice this year.
With two outs Tuesday, Cleveland scored four times and has scored 44 percent of their runs after two were out, third best in the majors.
In the series LaPorta, called up from the minors Sunday, is 3 for 7 and 5 for 13 against the Blue Jays this season. With two RBIs against Toronto in 2010, Hafner is 6 for 16.
Since being recalled from the minors to join the rotation after an unsuccessful relief stint, Aaron Laffey (0-2, 6.37) will make his second start. On Saturday, in four innings of a 10-3 loss at Cincinnati, he allowed five runs.
On Saturday Blue Jays turn to Jesse Litsch (0-2, 8.78), after throwing seven innings in a 3-0 victory over San Francisco. He allowed six runs and walked four in four innings of a 9-0 loss to Philadelphia.
For the second straight night, All-Star second baseman Aaron Hill went 0 for 4 and he is 4 for 32 in the last nine games. Toronto has hit .224 and scored 27 runs during that span.
