Byline: Sheldon Ocker
May 18--CLEVELAND -- All he has to do now is find a way to keep the Indians from punching his ticket back to Buffalo.
Maybe Fausto Carmona did that Thursday by shutting out the Twins 2-0 at Jacobs Field.
Unless a player has a deep resume with lots of impressive numbers, there always is a danger that someone will take his job. But the pressure on Carmona has been a little different and more immediate.
He began the season as a replacement for injured starter Cliff Lee, who was sidelined with a strained abdominal muscle. When Lee returned to the rotation, Carmona was dispatched to Triple-A for two days, until Jake Westbrook, being a good teammate, also strained a muscle in his …
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