Indians beat Tigers, water stays wet

The Indians had Detroit on their schedule last night. So Detroit would be the only team the Indians were able to beat last night. Adam Plutko did his thing again, and so did Jordan Luplow and Oscar Mercado.

Franmil missed Tuesday’s game due to a family situation. Andrew Velazquez made his Indians debut, playing second base for the injured Jason Kipnis, who hopefully has not played his final game in an Indians uniform.

Around baseball

• Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle in Baltimore. The O’s continue to make dreams possible.

• Blake Snell was activated from the IL by Tampa Bay. As a reward, he got to face the Dodgers.

• And Francisco Mejia was activated by San Diego

• The Pirates have issued a statement on Felipe Vazquez, who, yikes