--RHP Anthony Reyes will miss a second start with tendinitis in his right elbow. Reyes missed his scheduled start Wednesday because of the sore elbow, and manager Eric Wedge said Reyes will be held out of his next scheduled start, which would be Monday. "He feels better, but not enough for us to send him back out there yet," Wedge said. Reyes' next start is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 20.
--DH Travis Hafner and C Victor Martinez were in the lineup together Thursday night for the first time since May 25. Both players spent 3 1/2 months on the disabled list, Hafner with a strained right shoulder and Martinez recovering from elbow surgery. --OF Grady Sizemore, mired in his worst slump of the season, is hitless in his last 23 at-bats.
--2B Josh Barfield started at second base and was 1-for-3. It was Barfield's first start since missing two months following surgery on his left middle finger.
--RHP Rafael Betancourt has allowed one earned run in his last 14 games, a span of 15 2/3 innings, during which he has allowed eight hits.
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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