Tampa Bay Rays (76-84) at Cleveland Indians (84-76), 6:05 p.m. (ET)
(Sports Network) - Carlos Carrasco has become the poster boy for second mound chances.
The Cleveland right-hander can wrap up a late-season resurgence as a starter on Saturday night, when the Indians host the Tampa Bay Rays in the second-to- last game of the regular season at Progressive Field.
Carrasco began the season with a 6.95 earned run average and three losses in four starts before a stint in the bullpen that saw him go 3-1 with a save and a 2.30 ERA in 26 assignments.
He returned to the rotation amid some August tumult that saw two starters sent to Triple-A and another moved to the bullpen, and he's responded by going 5-2 with a 1.32 ERA in nine starts and holding foes to a .183 batting average.
Only two pitchers have a better ERA since Aug. 10.
Carrasco's teammate, Corey Kluber, picked up his 18th win of the season against the Rays on Friday and an eighth-inning strikeout established a major- league record of 1,429 for the entire staff.
"That says we've got pitchers on this staff with good stuff," Kluber said. "That record speaks volumes for our staff."
Carrasco threw 1 2/3 scoreless relief innings against the Rays on May 10 and is 1-1 with a 4.91 ERA against them in two career starts. His most recent overall start came Monday, when he lost to Kansas City, 2-0, after striking out nine and allowing two runs in 7 1/3 innings.
Tampa Bay, which was shut out on Friday, will finish below .500 for the first time since 2007 thanks in part to an offense that's averaged just 3.82 runs per game.
"Just unfortunate, man, that just happened way too many times this year," manager Joe Maddon said.
Right-hander Alex Colome takes the ball for the Rays in his third start of the season, though he's coming off a rough outing in which he was nicked for four runs in one inning of relief against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.
On Friday, Kluber closed out a brilliant 2014 season in grand fashion, striking out 11 over eight scoreless innings to allow the Indians to edge Tampa Bay in a 1-0 duel.
Kluber (18-9) scattered five hits and two walks to win his fifth consecutive start and state a final case for the American League's Cy Young Award. His latest gem was just enough to best counterpart Chris Archer, who gave up next to nothing except for a solo homer to Jose Ramirez in the first inning that wound up as the game's only run.
Archer (10-9) yielded just two other hits and a pair of walks after Ramirez's blast, while striking out six over 7 2/3 outstanding innings.