--RHP Juan Rincon gave up a grand slam to Orioles 3B Aubrey Huff in the sixth inning Monday. That's the 11th grand slam allowed by Indians pitchers this season, the most in the majors and a team record.
--LHP Jeremy Sowers will make his scheduled start Tuesday. Sowers was hit on the left hand by a line drive into the Indians' dugout Sunday in Kansas City. Sowers tested the hand with some throwing Monday. --RHP Bryan Bullington has been recalled from Class AAA Buffalo and will start one of the games of a doubleheader Saturday vs. Kansas City. A former No.1 overall pick (2002) by Pittsburgh, Bullington was claimed off waivers from the Pirates on July 11. In 10 games (eight starts) at Buffalo, Bullington was 1-3 with a 4.75 ERA.
--DH Travis Hafner will be activated off the disabled list and is scheduled to be in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game with Baltimore. It will be Hafner's first appearance in a game since May 25. He has been on the DL since May 30 with a right shoulder strain.
--OF Grady Sizemore, who started 137 of the first 141 games, was not in the starting lineup Monday. Manager Eric Wedge said he wanted to give a day off to Sizemore, who is hitless in his last 10 at-bats.
BY THE NUMBERS: 27 -- Starts it took LHP Cliff Lee to win 20 games this season. The only Indians pitcher who has won 20 games faster than Lee was Bob Feller in 1951 (25 starts) and in 1946 (26 starts).
QUOTE TO NOTE: "That has a nice ring to it. I like the sound of that." -- LHP Cliff Lee, when asked how it felt to be a 20-game winner.
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