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BOSTON — It was hyped as a big series — even though it’s still only August.Monday night Authentic Julio Jones Jersey , the first contest of a four-game set between the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox — the first of seven regular-season games between the likely postseason entrants, lived up to the billing.In short, it was a playoff-type atmosphere that came down to the tying run dying on second base in the ninth inning. Article continues below ...Tuesday night, Nathan Eovaldi, who tossed 15 shutout innings in his first two starts with the Red Sox before a rocky road outing, faces rookie Shane Bieber on Tuesday night.“It’s my favorite road city to play in,” Michael Brantley said on television after hitting one of three Cleveland home runs in a 5-4 decision. ” … It’s a great atmosphere that they (the fans) bring every single time and it’s fun to be part of.”Asked what this type of game can mean for a kid such as teammate Greg Allen, who also homered, Brantley said: “It’s a little taste of the postseason, especially in the ninth inning like that, adrenaline gets going … it’s fun.”It wasn’t fun for the Red Sox Julio Jones Jersey Limited , who have lost two straight and seen their lead atop the American League East shrink from 10 1/2 to a still-whopping nine games over the idle New York Yankees. Boston (88-36) has lost three games in a row once this season, in late April.The Indians spotted the Red Sox three runs but roared back on a home run by each of the three outfielders.“You look at them, they look like us over there,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “Very dynamic, they can hit the ball out of the ballpark, they can come back like we do. You have to earn all 27 outs.”The Indians (72-52) moved to within three games of the Houston Astros for the No. 2 seed in the postseason.“I think a lot of people are making a big deal of it,” Corey Kluber said after earning his 16th win. “We’re both leading our division right now, stuff like that, but I think we’re kind of taking it as another series.“There’s no guarantee that the two of us will end up playing each other again down the road in the postseason, so …”Allen extended his hitting streak to 13 straight games (.383) while Brantley has batted .344 with two homers and 10 RBIs in August.Rick Porcello gave up the home runs and blamed himself on the third one.“Not trying to take anything away from him (Allen) but I think even I could have even hit that one pretty hard,” he said. “That was not a good pitch and it came at the worst possible time.”Bieber (6-2 http://www.atlantafalconsteamonline.com/julio-jones-jersey , 4.37 ERA) is 1-0 with a 3.52 ERA over his last four starts and has 71 strikeouts in 68 innings on the season. He began the season winning his first four decisions and is 2-2 since.This will be his first appearance against Boston.Eovaldi (5-4, 3.62 ERA) is 2-1 with a 2.70 ERA lifetime against the Indians, but the current Cleveland roster is batting a cumulative .324 gainst him. Yan Gomes is 4-for-8, Melky Cabrera (who also homered Monday) is 3-for-7 and Yonder Alonso 3-for-10.Boston’s Eduardo Rodriguez (ankle) made his first rehab start Monday night in Double A and the reports were positive. He is due to make one more rehab start, which would likely bring him back after Aug. 31. He would still be eligible for the postseason if he’s on the disabled list Sept. 1. Many of the big names have already been dealt prior to the July 31 trade deadline (4 p.m. ET), but there are several additional moves that have a chance to be made.The Minnesota Twins came into the 2018 season with the idea that they were good enough to contend with the Cleveland Indians in the AL Central. It hasn't worked out that way, as the Twins are nine games behind the Tribe after losing three of four games to the Boston Red Sox.They are even further behind in the wild-card race, as they trail the Seattle Mariners for the No. 2 spot by 13.5 games.As a result, the Twins are in a sell mode as the deadline approaches, and second baseman Brian Dozier could be among their most valuable commodities to move. The San Francisco Giants and Cleveland Indians are two of the teams that are most interested in Dozier, according to Twins beat writer Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press.Dozier is not having the kind of explosive year with the bat that he did in either of the last two years Authentic Matt Ryan Jersey , but he still represents something of a power bat at a middle-infield position. Dozier has a .224/.306/.404 slash line with 16 home runs and 52 runs batted in. Dozier belted 42 homers and knocked in 99 runs in 2016, and he hit 34 homers and 93 RBI last year.Dozier was especially hot in the second half of the season in each of the last two years.While the Indians are on their way to winning the AL Central and have their sights set on competing with the Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees in the postseason, the Giants are in fourth place in the NL West.The Giants have a 53-54 record and have dropped seven of their last 10 games, and they are 6.5 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers.The Cincinnati Reds picked up pitcher Matt Harvey off the scrapheap after the New York Mets parted company with him early in the season.While Harvey appeared to have lost most of his velocity and was pitching poorly at the time of his departure from Citi Field, he has bounced back nicely since joining the Reds.Harvey has a 5-4 record in his 14 starts with Cincinnati, and he has a 4.44 earned-run averaged with a 1.192 WHIP. That's not a superstar level, but it is fairly competent.That's good enough to interest the Milwaukee Brewers, who have a strong need to upgrade their starting pitching. MLB network insider Jon Morosi tweeted that talks between the Brewers and the Reds are ongoing about sending Harvey to Milwaukee.Andy Martino martinonycMets having many, many trade discussions about Zack Wheeler, but the tone seems to have shifted since Wednesday. Heres why:gcFXEBk5c3One other potential move among pitchers involves Zack Wheeler of the New York Mets Matt Ryan Jersey Limited , who has won his last three starts and has pitched with increased efficiency.Wheeler has pitched 7.2, 7.0 and 6.0 innings(per Baseball-Reference) in those three starts, and he has allowed six earned runs in those three starts. Wheeler is 5-6 with a 4.11 ERA and 116 strikeouts in 120.1 innings pitched.The Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Brewers and Yankees are among the teams that have shown the most interest in Wheeler, according to MLB insider Jon Heyman of Fancred.It seems likely that the Mets might be most interested in dealing with the Brewerssince the Phillies and Braves are division rivals and sending him across town to the Yankees could be dangerous.The Mets may end up keeping Wheeler unless any of the potential trade partners improve their offers.