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Ellis is expected to play six innings in Double-A Saturday as part of his minor-league rehab assignment. He has been out since late April with a right quad strain.
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Lilly's role has yet to be determined, but it seems likely that he will pitch out of the bullpen to start.
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"We talked to him," Baker said. "He did a great job for the limited experience that he had. It was a great learning experience, but he also helped us at the same time. I talked to him and so did (pitching coach Bryan Price). He knows he needs a secondary pitch."
The team optioned Cingrani to Triple-A Saturday to clear room in the rotation for Johnny Cueto, despite Cingrani having a 3.27 ERA in his six starts. But the data bears out Baker's constructive criticism, as Cingrani threw 83.6 percent of his pitches for fastballs.
The organization is not telling Cingrani which pitches to throw or how often, but they want him to learn to be successful even when his fastball isn't working, possibly by focusing on his change-up more. He threw the change-up 5.9 percent of the time in the majors.
"We want him to get comfortable with it on the sideline so he can take it to the game," Baker said. "Everyone says throw the breaking ball. Everyone doesn’t have the delivery or the hand size to throw certain pitches. So we’re going to have to come up with something else to get them off the fastball. His change-up is getting better."
by Igor Mello | CBSSports.com
Brach struck out 17 and walked eight and had a 4.76 ERA through 17 innings with the Padres.
by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com
Encarnacion is tied for the American League with 12 homers. He went 1 for 3 with a walk and is batting .248. The 30-year-old Encarnacion has homered three times in his last 10 games with 10 RBI over that span.
by R.J. White | CBSSports.com
The White Sox released Bell on May 7 after he hit .273/.310/.345 in 58 plate appearances with Triple-A Charlotte. He owns a .195/.223/.265 line in 282 major-league plate appearances in his career.
by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com
Duke has an 8.40 ERA in 15 innings out of the bullpen this season and has not started since 2011, when he had a 5.47 ERA in nine starts for the Diamondbacks.
by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com
Bourn, who is batting .311, had two singles with an RBI. The leadoff hitter has three RBI in 74 at-bats and is 5 for 10 the past two games.
by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com
Cabrera has 12 doubles and 19 RBI, but 36 strikeouts.
by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com
Reynolds went 2 for 5 with three RBI. He had an RBI single in the first inning and another on a fielder's choice in the ninth to give the Indians the walk-off win.
Reynolds, batting .268, had been slumping a bit but has 12 homers and 37 RBI this season.
