CLEVELAND, Ohio - Jason Kipnis and Michael Brantley weren't in the lineup. Manager Terry Francona was working on his third leadoff hitter in as many games and Andrew Miller was unavailable.
But the Indians had a new cleanup hitter and Lonnie Chisenhall coming off the bench. The lineup changes produced some instant offense and the Indians first lead in three days as they beat the Dodgers,12-5, Thursday afternoon to avoid a three-game sweep at Progressive Field.
Francona dropped slumping Carlos Santana out of the cleanup spot on Thursday morning and replaced him with Edwin Encarnacion, who spent his first 36 games this season in the No.