KANSAS CITY -- Both in the regular season and in the playoffs, Mike Clevinger bounced between starting and relieving for the Indians over the past two seasons. In January, the blossoming right-hander expressed he only had one role in mind for this year.
"I'm not even thinking about the bullpen," Clevinger said matter-of-factly. "I want to throw 200 innings."
In a 14-6 victory over the Royals on Friday night, Clevinger saw that goal to fruition in the final regular-season outing of a breakout campaign. He logged the 6 2/3 innings he needed, and Josh Donaldson highlighted a 10-run seventh with a grand slam to power the American League Central champions to a rout.