AL Central Division rivals will clash on Friday night, when the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians battle at Progressive Field. The Twins have dropped six of their last nine games and are seven games below .500 overall. On Thursday, Minnesota announced that they optioned struggling slugger Miguel Sano to Single-A Fort Myers.
Thirty-year old righty Kyle Gibson (1-4 3.45 ERA) will head to the hill for the Twins in this contest. Gibson is winless in his last ten starts and he has allowed just seven runs over his last 25 plus frames.
The Cleveland Indians split their four game series against the White Sox during the week and have won six of their last nine games overall. On Thursday, Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez each went deep during a 5-2 Cleveland victory. The Indians are five games above .500 overall and lead Detroit by 4.5 games for first place.
2014 Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber (10-2 1.99 ERA) is one of the front runners to win the award again this season. Kluber has won three straight starts and has given up three runs over his last 21 innings of work.
