CLEVELAND -- Having temporarily resuscitated their slumbering offense, the Cleveland Indians will welcome the Tampa Bay Rays to Progressive Field on Monday night for the start of a three-game series.
The Indians are trying to kickstart an offense that added a $60 million slugger in Edwin Encarnacion and welcomed back an injured All-Star outfielder in Michael Brantley to a lineup that finished second in the league in runs scored last year.
But for most of the last two weeks, that lineup has been quiet. That led to a shakeup of the roster and the lineup on Sunday, which resulted in the Indians' highest scoring game of the month.