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CLEVELAND (AP) — Carlos Carrasco’s stretch of dominant pitching has come at a perfect time for the Cleveland Indians.Carrasco pitched seven scoreless innings and moved into a tie for the AL lead with his 15th win http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , Jose Ramirez hit his 37th home run and Cleveland beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 on Friday night.Carrasco (15-6) allowed three hits, struck out six and retired his final 10 hitters. The right-hander is tied with teammate Corey Kluber, New York’s Luis Severino and Boston’s Rick Porcello for most wins in the league.“Any time you send a guy out there and you feel like you’ve got a good chance to win, that’s a good feeling,” Indians manager Terry Francona said.Carrasco’s hot streak takes on more significance since fellow starter Trevor Bauer will miss four to six weeks with a stress fracture in his right leg. He was hit by a line drive last week.Carrasco has been nearly unbeatable since coming off the disabled list last month after being hit on the elbow by a line drive on June 16. He’s 7-1 in his last nine appearances, allowing 10 earned runs with 64 strikeouts in 52 innings.“Nobody wants to go on the DL, but I’m glad I went on the DL to fix some little things,” Carrasco said. “That’s what it takes sometimes, two or three weeks. At this point I feel fine. I can’t wait to start pitching every five days.”Ramirez’s first-inning homer tied him with Boston’s J.D. Martinez, who entered Friday with the major league lead.Cleveland has won six straight and is a season-high 19 games over .500 (70-51).Orioles manager Buck Showalter is impressed with how the Indians are playing.“That’s why they are in first place,” he said. “They are one of the best clubs in baseball and they got a great guy in Terry who knows how to use the weapons.”Rookie right-hander David Hess (2-7) allowed two runs in six innings for the Orioles. Trey Mancinci’s RBI single in the eighth scored the only run for Baltimore, which has lost 11 of 13.Cody Allen walked Renato Nunez with one out in the ninth. Pinch-runner Craig Gentry stole second before Tim Beckham flied out. Allen struck Joey Rickard for his 24th save in 27 chances.“That’s what you call holding on for dear life,” Francona said.Both starters worked out of bases-loaded jams. Carrasco struck out Rickard to finish the fourth while Hess struck out Yonder Alonso to end the third.“That is something that gives you confidence not only to throw that pitch, but for that pitch to be called to begin with,” Hess said. “That was a big spot.”Orioles outfielder Adam Jones was placed on the bereavement list Friday and is expected to rejoin the team Monday in Toronto.HALL OF FAMERSThe Indians will honor Hall of Famer Jim Thome on Saturday in a pregame ceremony during which they are expected to retire his No. 25.The team wouldn’t offer confirmation, but a tarp is covering the box in the upper deck in right field between the retired numbers of Indians players who are also in the Hall of Fame — Bob Lemon (No. 21) and Larry Doby (No. 14).Thome was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame last month and holds the franchise record with 337 home runs.Prior to Friday’s game, the Indians honored Sheldon Ocker, the 2018 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award. Ocker covered the team for 33 years for the Akron Beacon Journal.MARTIN UPDATEFrancona and several Indians players visited outfielder Leonys Martin at the Cleveland Clinic on Thursday. Martin is recovering from a life-threatening bacterial infection and has been hospitalized for over a week.“He was sitting up in a chair Whitey Herzog Jersey ,” Francona said. “He looked really good. And he wanted everybody to know he appreciates all the thoughts and everything. It was really uplifting to see him like that.”TRAINER’S ROOMOrioles: Gentry (left rib fracture) was activated from the 10-day disabled list before the game.Indians: Francona said it’s questionable if DH Edwin Encarnacion (right hand contusion) will come off the 10-day DL on Wednesday, the first day he’s eligible. Encarnacion is also dealing with a strained left biceps.UP NEXTOrioles RHP Alex Cobb (3-15, 5.31) has allowed three earned in 20 innings over his last three starts and will pitch Saturday. RHP Adam Plutko (4-2, 4.75) will be called up from Triple-A Columbus. The Cincinnati Reds are relevant for the first time in a long time. Fans should take a moment to enjoy this new reality."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Farmers onlyFeaturesPlayoffsHistory/Hall of FameHey Reds’ Fans, Enjoy the MomentNew,42commentsThe Cincinnati Reds are relevant for the first time in a long time. Fans should take a moment to enjoy this new reality. ESTShareTweetShareShareHey Reds’ Fans, Enjoy the MomentThe Cincinnati Enquirer-USA TODAOver the weekend, it was hard to ignore the fact that there are already some negative or worrying storylines around the Reds early in Spring Training. Plenty of fans are concerned that Nick Senzel won’t be on the Opening Day roster signaling that the team has motives more important than putting the best product on the field. Marty is in mid-season form knocking Cody Reed’s development from last season (after seeing him pitch for all of...one inning). There’s still hand wringing over whether the front office should have done more for the roster this offseason. It seemed as if everywhere you looked, there were concerns with this baseball team.Not only that, but someone might realistically look at the NL Central and conclude that even with all of the upgrades the Reds made, they’re still likely looking up at three other teams in this division. The Cubs are still the Cubs, the Cardinals added two of the best players in baseball, and Milwaukee got even better after a surprising 2018. Even if Cincinnati is better than they’ve been the past few years, it’s probably not enough to crack the top half of the division.A fan could easily look at 2019 and be frustrated by what they see ahead. There will be continued questioning of the front office, continue criticism of the players by Marty, and in all likelihood, a sixth-straight season without a post-season appearance by the Reds. 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Some fans might have concerns with his potential on-field production, even though he’s coming off of one of his better offensive seasons in recent years, but it’s hard to ignore the fact that Yasiel Puig is simply an entertaining person to have around. If wins are going to be hard to come by, at least be fun to watch. Puig goes a long way toward making that a possibility for Reds’ fans this season.There are lots of things that could go wrong, but this front office has assembled the deepest and most talented group of pitchers that have been on this roster since the Reds’ recent playoff runs. Nothing ever works out perfectly in baseball, but a rotation featuring Gray, Wood, Castillo, Roark Orlando Cepeda Jersey , and DeSclafani has the potential to be competitive every single day this season. Sure, injuries could happen. Someone from that group will likely underperform, but for the first time in years a pitching rotation has been assembled that doesn’t automatically mean the team is losing games three out of every five days. That’s improvement, and it adds that much more hope to 2019.We get to watch Joey Votto play baseball for another year.That we’re witnessing the blossoming of a star in Eugenio Suarez. Yes, he stumbled down the stretch last season, but there are plenty of signs that what we witnessed last season wasn’t simply a lucky couple of months. Suarez has shown real development as a hitter, and if he takes another step forward in 2019, Cincinnati could have a middle-of-the-order multiple time All-Star on their hands...all for the price of Alfredo Simon.There are plenty of other things to enjoy right now. The coming of Nick Senzel. The electric arm of Raisel Iglesias. The name recognition and star power that players like Matt Kemp have brought to Cincinnati. For the first time in a long time, the baseball world is talking about the Reds, for reasons other than an inept pitching staff. This is a solid major league roster with plenty of positive storylines to go around heading in to 2019.Could this season go wildly wrong? Of course it could, this is baseball. But for the moment, let’s stop and enjoy what we have right now. That’s not to say there aren’t issues that we should be worried about, but on the first week of March in 2019 the Cincinnati Reds have taken steps forward, and they’re going to put a better product on the field than they have in years. Let’s not forget to take a moment, sit back, and enjoy where we are right now, because right now is pretty good.