Indians recall P Carrasco, two others

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09/01/2010 - Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Indians recalled pitcher Carlos Carrasco from Triple-A Columbus, in time to start the team's finale of a three-game set against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.

The Indians also promoted right-hander Jensen Lewis and outfielder Jordan Brown from Columbus as the major league rosters expanded.

Carrasco is making his first big league start of the 2010 campaign after going 0-4 with an 8.87 earned run average in five starts last year. The righty was 10-6 with a 3.65 ERA in 25 starts at Columbus prior to being recalled.

The 23-year-old Carrasco was acquired from Philadelphia last year as part of five-player trade in which lefty Cliff Lee was sent to the Phillies.

Lewis, 26, in his fifth stint with the major league club this season, has accumulated a 3-2 record with a 3.86 ERA in 25 relief outings.

Brown, 27, had one prior stint with the Tribe this year and hit .226 with one RBI and four runs scored over nine games.

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Now that Barry Bonds is signed and in Giants camp, it is on to his pursuit of all of sports most prestigious records: the all-time home run mark. Bonds sits just 21 homers shy of tying Hank Aaron for the career mark at 755. Word out of Giants’ camp is that Bonds is the healthiest he has been in a few years. Bonds is just two seasons removed from his injury riddled 2005 campaign where he played in only 14 games and hit only 5 home runs. He did come back last year and had a solid season hitting .270 with 26 bombs. All eyes will be on Bonds this spring and summer not only because of his home run chase but his highly publicized steroid abuse allegations. If and when Bonds breaks the record, he surely will not get the positive attention one should for breaking a record that was once thought of as “unbreakable”. Despite Bonds decent season last year, he is just 50-1 at MySportsbook.com to lead the MLB in long balls this season.

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