BALTIMORE -- Ervin Santana went the distance for Minnesota, and Brian Dozier added a solo home run as the Twins scored a second straight victory over the Baltimore Orioles, winning 2-0 on Tuesday night.After a slugfest in the series opener Monday -- a 14-7 Twins win -- this game belonged to the pitchers, specifically Santana (7-2) and Baltimore's Dylan Bundy.Santana allowed a single in the second inning and another in the fifth and nothing more. He retired the final 14 batters he faced, struck out six and walked just two in his second complete game of the year, the 18th of his career.Bundy (5-3) was the hard-luck loser, dropping his second straight decision despite allowing just two runs and six hits in seven innings. He walked three and fanned seven.Rockies 8, Phillies 2PHILADELPHIA -- Charlie Blackmon swatted a pair of two-run homers and Gerardo Parra added a solo shot to lead Colorado to a win over floundering Philadelphia in front of 17,109 fans.Rookie German Marquez (3-2) scattered... [More]

DH Edwin Encarnacion finished 2-for-4 with a double and a walk plus a season-high three runs scored in Sunday's win against Houston. Encarnacion scored following each of his first three plate appearances, producing a double, a walk and a run-scoring single in succession. The last time Encarnacion reached base three times in a game came on May 8 against his former club, the Toronto Blue Jays.

DH Edwin Encarnacion has been moved out of the cleanup spot in the Indians' lineup. Encarnacion, who signed a three-year, $60 million contract with the Indians as a free agent, has been mired in a season-long slump. Encarnacion went 0-for-5 Monday and is now hitting .198 with five home runs and 12 RBIs. He has one homer and one RBI in the month of May and is hitting .167 (7-42) in his last 12 games. Monday marked the first time this season he did not hit cleanup. "I just thought that until he gets going maybe we'd move him out of the cleanup spot," manager Terry Francona said. "I don't think he's putting pressure on himself. He's not slamming helmets or anything like that. He's just frustrated about how things are going."

DH Edwin Encarnacion was 2-for-3 with a walk in his first game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday since leaving them to sign with Cleveland as a free agent. He received a standing ovation before he batted in the second inning Monday and again Tuesday. Encarnacion was 0-for-3 with two walks to end his four-game hitting streak in which he was 6-for-13.

DH Edwin Encarnacion, signed as a free agent in the offseason, made his first appearance against the Toronto Blue Jays, his former team, Monday in the opener of a three-game series. Encarnacion was 2-for-3 with a walk but struck out with a runner on base and one out in the eighth inning of the 4-2 loss to Toronto. A video tribute to Encarnacion was played before the game and he received a standing ovation when he came to bat to lead off the second inning and singled. "I thought it was really classy by them," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "It looked like he was touched. I thought it was nice all the way around." Encarnacion said: "I wasn't expecting the reception that I got. But then, when they stood up, that huge group of fans that stood for me, they gained not only my respect, but also the respect of all the other players that were there and that saw it and heard it."

DH Edwin Encarnacion hit his fourth career home run off Royals RHP Jason Hammel in the fourth inning Friday night. He also doubled in the ninth. He has a .320 lifetime batting average against the Royals with a .588 on-base percentage. He has an active 15-game on-base streak against the Royals.

DH Edwin Encarnacion saw his 18-game streak of reaching base safely come to an end Tuesday. He was 0-for-4 in the 5-2 loss to Detroit. Despite the streak, Encarnacion has not really heated up. The team's cleanup hitter is batting .204 with four homers and 10 RBI. He's walked 17 times, boosting his on-base percentage to .336.

DH Edwin Encarnacion might be getting into the swing of things after a slow start that saw his batting average hover around .200. Encarnacion singled twice Monday night, the second driving in Cleveland's only run in the third inning of a 7-1 loss at Detroit. He had gone hitless against left-handed pitching until singling in the first inning off Tigers LHP Daniel Norris.

OF Edwin Encarnacion, who signed a three-year, $60 million contract with the Indians during the offseason, is hitting .210 and off to a slow start, which has been his history. But manager Terry Francona is not worried. "A lot of players are like that," Francona said. "But he's swinging more aggressively now. He'll be fine. I think we'll look up at some point and say, 'Whoa, he did that in a hurry.' And when he does, he will take our team to another level."

DH Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer, his third of the season. He has seven RBIs and is batting .222. Encarnacion tied a career high with 42 home runs last season.

DH Edwin Encarnacion drove in Cleveland's second run in the Monday win in Minnesota. It was just Encarnacion's second RBI of the season, the first since Opening Day. Encarnacion snapped an 11-game drought without an RBI, the fourth-longest single-season drought of his career. He has 15 RBIs in his past 10 games against the Twins.

OF Edwin Encarnacion, who as a free agent signed a three-year $60 million contract with the Indians, had a miserable day Tuesday. Encarnacion was 0-for-4. He struck out twice and hit into two inning-ending double plays with the bases loaded. "He'll be Ok," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "He had a tough day, but he's had them before. He'll be fine."

1B Edwin Encarnacion hit his 12th career game-tying or go-ahead homer in the eighth inning or later with his game-tying shot in the eighth inning of the opener Monday. It should come as no surprise it came against Texas. Over his past 15 regular-season games against the Rangers, Encarnacion is hitting .305 with nine homers and 22 RBIs. "I mean, that's why we got him," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. "It's a nice feeling, you could tell he had one thing in mind right there, and he did it. He's a good hitter. Hopefully there is a lot more to come."

The American League champion Cleveland Indians reported to spring training with a roster that on paper was stronger than the one they used to get to the 10th inning of Game 7 of the World Series, before losing to the Chicago Cubs last year. Because of that, there wasn't much competition for jobs in camp. It was mostly a case of monitoring the progress of the returning injured players, ramping up the healthy players for the start of the season and evaluating the progress of selected prospects that will start the season in the minor leagues, but could be summoned to the major league club during the season.The biggest question at the start of camp was the health of All-Star outfielder Michael Brantley, who missed virtually all of the 2016 season with a shoulder condition that required two separate surgeries. The news on Brantley was good. He began playing in spring training games in late March, and there was growing optimism that he could begin the season on the major league roster -- or at... [More]

1B/DH Edwin Encarnacion is a key player in the offense who could leave as a free agent. He batted .286 (10-for-35) with three homers and nine RBIs in the postseason. During the regular season, he batted .263/.357/.529 with 42 homers and 127 RBIs. He is due for a big long-term deal.

1B/DH Edwin Encarnacion was 0-for-4 and struck out in the ninth inning of the Jays' 3-0, season-ending loss to the Indians in the American League Championship Series. It could have been Encarnacion's last at-bat with the Blue Jays because he can be a free agent this offseason. He batted .211 (4-for-19) in the ALCS with two RBIs. Overall in the postseason, he batted .286 (10-for-35) with three homers and nine RBIs. "To be honest, I'm really sad because I don't know what's going to happen next," Encarnacion said. "But overall I feel really proud for what the fans and what this organization have done for me."

CLEVELAND -- Corey Kluber pitched seven scoreless innings in his first start in 10 days because of a strained quad and combined with two relievers on a three-hit shutout as the Cleveland Indians blanked the Boston Red Sox 6-0 on Friday in Game 2 of their American League Division Series at Progressive Field.Cleveland got all the runs it needed in a four-run second inning that was capped by a three-run homer by Lonnie Chisenhall to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-5 series. Game 3 is scheduled for Sunday in Boston.Kluber, in his first career postseason start, held the American League's most prolific offense to three hits through seven innings. He was removed after walking the first batter and hitting the second in the eighth. Relievers Dan Otero and Bryan Shaw completed the shutout.Red Sox starter David Price came into the game hoping to reverse his dismal career postseason record, but instead fell to 0-8 as a starter and 2-8 with a 5.53 ERA overall.Blue Jays 5, Rangers 3ARLINGTON, Texas --... [More]

1B Edwin Encarnacion hit a three-run homer in the 11th inning Tuesday to give the Jays a 5-2 win over the Orioles in the AL wild-card game.It was the second postseason homer of his career. "I was looking for a pitch," Encarnacion said of his shot off RHP Ubaldo Jimenez. "I was looking for a fastball, and I was trying to put the barrel on it, get a little bit in front because the infield was playing in, and I actually got it."

1B/DH Edwin Encarnacion drove in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth with an infield single to deep second base Sunday. Encarnacion has reached base safely in 11 straight games. He needs one homer to reach a career-best 43 for the season. He was 2-for-5 Sunday and has a career best 155 hits for the season.

1B/DH Edwin Encarnacion was 1-for-2 with two walks Saturday in the 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees. His fourth-inning single was his 153rd hit of the season, a career best. He has 42 homers for the season, which matches his career best.