The Cleveland Indians take on the Minnesota Twins in the final home stand of the season

Over the weekend, the Tribe finally got over the median for the first time since early April, but find themselves dead even again. Next up is the final home stand of the year. The Minnesota Twins arrive for four games as they sit just 1.5 games back in the Wild Card chase and just 2.5 games ahead of the Tribe.

• Monday 7:10 PM: Phil Hughes (R) vs. Corey Kluber (R)
• Tuesday 7:10 PM: Kyle Gibson (R) vs. Cody Anderson (R)
• Wednesday 7:10 PM: Mike Pelfrey (R) vs. Carlos Carrasco (R)
• Thursday 7:10 PM: Tyler Duffey (R) vs. Josh Tomlin (R)

The Upcoming Schedule: The final series of 2015 is with the Boston Red Sox.

Playoff Watch: Blue Jays at Orioles, Royals at White Sox, Tigers at Rangers, Red Sox at Yankees, Astros at Mariners, A's at Angels.

Team in a Box

Just last week the Twins took two of three at Target Field, winning the first two 3-1 and 4-2, while the Tribe rallied in the finale 6-3. In early April, the Tribe lost two of three in Minnesota and then in early May, the Twins also took of three in Cleveland. In August, each team won their home series by a 2-1 margin. The Twins now own a 9-6 edge on the season.

The Twins have stayed in the playoff hunt by just taking two of three from the Tigers.

Projected Roster

The Twins hit well in last week series with 8, 8, and 11 hits. Hicks was hot in game one with a 2B and 3B. Dozier had a 2B and 1 HR in the series, while Plouffe had 3 hits on Wednesday, including two 2B. Both Rosario and Hunter hit homers in the finale.

Projected Staff

# includes stats with Rays; ## includes stats with Brewers

Hughes beat Kluber last week, pitching five shutout frames. Gibson was lit up for six runs on seven hits in just 2.2 innings in the finale last week. Pelfrey's last Tribe start was in August and he too left early. After just 3.2 innings, he allowed 9 hits and seven runs. The Twins however, won that game 10-9. He did have two good starts in April and May against the Tribe. Duffey did not pitch in the last series, but in his second major league start, he pitched six scoreless frames, with just one hit and five walks while striking out seven.

On the Shelf

• SP Tom Milone [day to day], shoulder fatigue, no timetable for return
• 3B Trevor Plouffe day to day], illness
• P Ryan Pressley [60 day DL], out for season
• P Logan Darnell [60 day DL], out for season

Almanac

*Does not include 2015 stats

Prediction: I haven't the foggiest on this series.