Bruce Chen takes the ball first against the Dodgers

Cleveland Indians @ LA Dodgers

Saturday, March 14, 2015 @ 4:05 ET

TV: MLB.TV

Radio: MLB.com, WTAM

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The news today is the the flu bug has found Cookie, who will cede his start to the indomitable Bruce Chen. Also, Zach Walter has suffered a major setback in his bid to make the Opening Day roster:

Zach Walters is expected to be sidelined 3-4 weeks with a high-grade, right oblique strain, according to the Indians.

— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) March 14, 2015

Change for today's #TribeSpring starting pitcher: Carrasco will not start due to illness. He will be replaced by @ChenMusic vs. LAD.

— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) March 14, 2015

Today's scheduled pitchers:

Today's starting lineup:

There aren't actually two second basemen, Kipnis is DHing today.

Today's Tribe 9, minus the sick Carlos Carrasco. Indians vs. Dodgers at 4 ET from Glendale! #TribeSpring pic.twitter.com/pI2M5acNbp

— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) March 14, 2015

Angry Hamster, the JK Kid, Bobby and Perez are the only members of today's lineup that are expected to make the 25 man roster, so today will be chance to take a look at some of those battling to impress.

They'll be going up against the following lineup:

Today’s #DodgersST lineup: Rollins SS Crawford LF Grandal DH Kendrick 2B Van Slyke 1B Turner 3B Ellis C Pederson CF Heisey RF Anderson P

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 14, 2015