--RHP Kerry Wood brings a new dimension to the Indians as their new closer: a power arm. Not since RHP Jose Mesa was closing games in the mid-1990s have the Indians had the power arm in the closer's role that they do now with Wood. In Thursday's 5-2 win over Kansas City, Wood picked up his third save and struck out two of the three batters he faced. Wood has 11 strikeouts in just 5 1/3 innings.

--OF David Dellucci has begun an injury rehab assignment at Class AAA Columbus, where he is hitting .417 (5-for-12) through three games. Dellucci has been on the disabled list since the start of the season with a strained left calf.

--OF Grady Sizemore belted his sixth home run Thursday. That's three more homers than Sizemore hit in April last year en route to a career-high 33 home runs.

MEDICAL WATCH:

RHP Scott Lewis (strained left elbow) went on the 15-day disabled list April 11. He is unlikely to return before mid-May.

INF Jamey Carroll (broken left hand) went on the 15-day disabled list April 6. He will be out four to six weeks, but he won't need surgery.

OF David Dellucci (left calf strain) went on the 15-day disabled list March 30. He began a rehab assignment with Class AAA Columbus on April 20.

RHP Jake Westbrook (Tommy John surgery in June 2008) went on the 60-day disabled list March 26. He hopes to be pitching in the big leagues again by midseason.

ROTATION:

LHP Cliff Lee

RHP Fausto Carmona

RHP Carl Pavano

RHP Anthony Reyes

LHP Aaron Laffey

BULLPEN:

RHP Kerry Wood (closer)

RHP Rafael Betancourt

LHP Rafael Perez

RHP Jensen Lewis

RHP Joe Smith

RHP Masa Kobayashi

LHP Tony Sipp

RHP Vinnie Chulk

CATCHERS:

Victor Martinez

Kelly Shoppach

INFIELDERS:

1B Ryan Garko

2B Asdrubal Cabrera

SS Jhonny Peralta

3B Mark DeRosa

DH Travis Hafner

INF Tony Graffanino

OUTFIELDERS:

LF Ben Francisco

CF Grady Sizemore

RF Shin-Soo Choo

OF Trevor Crowe