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CLEVELAND — The Houston Astros Jonathan Lucroy Jersey , who have dominated the Cleveland Indians in the first two games of their American League Division Series, will attempt to complete a three-game sweep Monday afternoon at Progressive Field.The first two games were mismatches. Houston won 7-2 and 3-1, thanks to dominating pitching, and lots of big hits from its stars. Article continues below ...In the first two games Houston’s pitchers held Cleveland’s hitters to a team batting average of .100. Indians hitters were 6-for-60, and five of the six hits were singles.Francisco Lindor, who homered in Game 2, is 2-for-8 in the two games while all the other Cleveland hitters are 4-for-52 (.077).“Hats off to them. Their pitchers have done a tremendous job.” Lindor said. “But we’ve got really good hitters on this side. We’ll be fine.”The Indians, who blew a 2-0 lead over the Yankees by losing three straight games in last year’s ALDS, are in danger of losing three in a row to Houston in this year’s ALDS.“We need to find a way to win on Monday. We’re going to show up and play for our baseball lives,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “Nobody wants to go home, so we’re going to try to keep this thing going.”The Indians will try to keep their postseason hopes alive by sending to the mound a pitcher that has never started a postseason game. Right-hander Mike Clevinger was 13-8 with a 3.02 ERA this year http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-chad-bettis-jersey , including 200 innings pitched and 207 strikeouts. But in his three-year career he has never started a postseason game.Clevinger has made six relief appearances in the postseason and has a 6.43 ERA in those games. In a total of seven innings as a reliever he has given up six runs, five earned, five hits, including two home runs, with nine walks and six strikeouts.In two starts against the Astros this year Clevinger was 0-2 with a 6.17 ERA. In four career starts against the Astros he is 1-3 with a 3.98 ERA.“Our backs are against the wall,” Clevinger said. “We know that this could be our last game if we don’t show up.”Houston will send left-hander Dallas Keuchel to the mound in Game 3. Keuchel has a tough act to follow. In the first two games, Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole combined to go 2-0 with a 2.19 ERA, 19 strikeouts and two walks in 12 1/3 innings, while holding Indians hitters to a .119 batting average.“They have a very good ballclub. They have a lot of ways to beat you.” Francona said. “They’re always pushing. They put the heat on you all the time.”Keuchel (12-11, 3.74) was 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA in two starts against Cleveland this year. His last start against the Indians was on May 25, when he received a no-decision DJ LeMahieu Jersey , pitching six innings, allowing two runs and eight hits, with five strikeouts and one walk. In eight career appearances against Cleveland Keuchel is 4-1 with a 2.79 ERA.Clevinger will have to deal with Houston’s two hottest hitters in the first two games, Alex Bregman who is 3-for-6 with two homers and three RBIs, and Marwin Gonzalez, who is 5-for-7, with a double and two RBIs.Although they are up 2-0 and one win away from advancing to the ALCS, the Astros are not taking anything for granted.“This is not our first playoff series. We know it’s not over,” manager A.J. Hinch said. WASHINGTON (AP) — Gio Gonzalez ended a personal drought that spanned more than two months — and helped give the Washington Nationals a four-game split with another National League East contender.Gonzalez pitched seven strong innings for his first victory since May 28, leading the Nationals to a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday.“I think I was just happy that I got to high-five my teammates for the first time in a while,” Gonzalez said. “For me it was not the pressure http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-chad-bettis-jersey , it was just the going out there and doing what I can do to go out there and try and pitch the best I can. Today it finally showed. It finally stepped to the right direction that I wanted.”The Nationals moved within 5 1/2 games of idle NL East leader Philadelphia. The Braves fell a game behind the Phillies.Gonzalez (7-8) snapped a seven-game losing streak and had gone 11 consecutive starts without a victory. He allowed six hits and one walk while striking out three. Nick Markakis‘ solo homer to lead off the second was the lone run he allowed.Atlanta starter Anibal Sanchez pitched two scoreless innings but left after getting hit in the left calf by a grounder from Michael Taylor. Manager Brian Snitker said he was hopeful Sanchez would make his next start.“It looked like Anibal was going to have one of his games starting out,” Snitker said. “He was sharp as can be. We just had a hard time getting ahold of Gio. That was the biggest thing. We couldn’t do anything with him.”Sanchez was replaced by Wes Parsons (0-1), who yielded a bases-loaded walk to Juan Soto and a sacrifice fly by Anthony Rendon as Washington went ahead in the third.Taylor homered to left in the fourth to bump Washington’s lead to 3-1, and Daniel Murphy added an RBI double in the sixth.But Parsons worked five innings in his major league debut, vital for a team that had two starters last only two innings during the series in Washington and heads home to face Milwaukee after a 5-3 road trip.“A winning road trip, you take that every single time,” said Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman, who had three hits. “Sometimes, you have to lose a battle to win the war. I thought what Wes Parsons did was absolutely huge for this ballclub. That’s going to win us games later on with a fresh bullpen.”Ronald Acuna Jr.’s one-out homer in the eighth pulled Atlanta within two runs, but the Nationals got RBIs from Ryan Zimmerman and Mark Reynolds in the bottom of the inning to make it 6-2.Washington went 7-3 on its homestand and begins a seven-game trip to face the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis.“It was big, a big win for us Todd Helton Jersey ,” manager Dave Martinez said. “Happy flight.”HARPER SCRATCHEDWashington outfielder Bryce Harper was scratched from the lineup with right knee soreness. Atlanta reliever Dan Winkler hit Harper just below the right knee in the seventh inning on Wednesday night. Martinez said X-rays on Harper were negative.DOUBLE DEBUTParsons and Adam McCreery both made their major league debuts for Atlanta, combining to pitch the last six innings. It was the first time the Braves had two pitchers debut in the same game since June 30, 2015, when Jake Brigham and Ryan Kelly did so against Washington.TRAINER’S ROOMBraves: 3B Johan Camargo was out of the starting lineup for the first time since July 14. He struck out as a pinch hitter to end the game. Charlie Culberson filled in at third for Camargo.Nationals: Martinez said RHP Stephen Strasburg (cervical nerve impingement) will throw at least one more bullpen session before the team decides whether he is ready for a minor league rehabilitation start. Strasburg has not pitched for Washington since July 20.UP NEXTBraves: RHP Kevin Gausman (0-1, 5.40 ERA) makes his second start since his acquisition from Baltimore as Atlanta returns home to open a three-game series with Milwaukee.Nationals: Washington begins a three-game series in Chicago against the Cubs with RHP Jeremy Hellickson (5-2, 3.56) getting the nod.