The Cleveland Indians will use another mix-and-match lineup Wednesday night

Chicago White Sox at Progressive Field in the second game of a three-game series.With Cleveland having already clinched the American League Central Division title Alex Gordon Jersey , manager Terry Francona is using the remaining games of the regular season to give some veteran players some days off while getting playing time for some of the September minor league callups.“Regardless of who plays, we want to make sure we show up and play the right way,” Francona said. “There’s no magic pill you can swallow. You’ve still got to prepare and play the game the right way, so that you feel good about how you’re playing.”Article continues below ...Indians designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion, who is fifth in the league with 99 RBIs and in the top 10 with 31 home runs, was given Tuesday night off, but he will be back in the lineup on Wednesday. So will third baseman Josh Donaldson, who on Wednesday will play in consecutive games for the first time since being acquired by the Indians in a trade with Toronto on Aug. 31.The pitching matchup Wednesday will be a pair of right-handers — Dylan Covey for the White Sox and Carlos Carrasco for the Indians.Covey (5-13, 5.64 ERA) has had a tough year. He has won just one game since July 26. In 12 appearances since then (six starts), he is 1-8 with a 6.75 ERA. Covey’s last start was a 6-3 loss to Kansas City on Sept. 11. He pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing six runs (five earned) and six hits, with four strikeouts and three walks.Covey’s last start against Cleveland came on Aug. 12, a 9-7 loss in which he pitched just 2 2/3 innings http://www.royalsfanproshop.com/authentic-george-brett-jersey , giving up six runs and seven hits, with three strikeouts and two walks. In four starts against the Indians this year, Covey is 1-2 with a 6.63 ERA. For his career, Covey has made six appearances (four starts) against Cleveland and is 1-2 with a 6.14 ERA.Carrasco (16-9, 3.43) ranks among the league leaders in wins and he’s sixth in the AL with 206 strikeouts. His last start was a 3-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Sept. 12. He pitched seven innings, giving up three runs and six hits, with five strikeouts and two walks.In his last start against the White Sox, on Aug. 12, Carrasco had one of his best starts of the season. In a 9-7 victory, he pitched seven scoreless innings on three hits, with nine strikeouts and no walks.Carrasco has started two games against Chicago this year and the White Sox have yet to score off him. He has pitched 14 scoreless innings, allowing five hits, with 20 strikeouts and one walk Mike Moustakas Jersey , while holding Chicago’s hitters to a .104 batting average. In 23 career appearances against the White Sox, all but one of them starts, Carrasco is 8-9 with a 4.04 ERA.Carrasco won’t have to worry about facing White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu, who will miss the Cleveland series due to a right thigh infection. The White Sox, who lost the first game of the series 5-3 on Tuesday night, are 3-11 vs. Cleveland this year, 0-7 at Progressive Field. BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox became the first team in the major leagues to clinch a playoff berth and did not celebrate.“Any time you make the playoffs and give yourself a chance to be that last team, it’s a pretty special thing,” Brock Holt said. “We’re excited by that, but we’ve got more work to do.”Holt pinch hit in the seventh inning and hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in a 7-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night that guaranteed Boston no worse than a wild card berth.At a major league-best 99-46, the Red Sox lead the AL East by nine games with 2½ weeks left. Their postgame celebration was lining up for routine high-fives and heading back to the clubhouse.“We’re in great position to win the division and then to accomplish other things,” first-year manager Alex Cora said. “As I told the group Salvador Perez Jersey , I’m very proud of them.”Starter Chris Sale came off the disabled list and pitched one scoreless inning, striking out two and throwing 26 pitches. Sale has been slowed by inflammation in his left shoulder, and the Red Sox had said they would ease their ace back into action.“We’re taking care of the guy,” Cora said.Boston assured its third straight postseason team, matching the Red Sox teams of 2003-05 and 2007-09.Ryan Brasier (2-0) pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings as Boston used seven relievers.Toronto led 2-0 in the seventh, when Steve Pearce hit a tying triple and Holt followed with a two-out home run off Ryan Tepera (5-5).Kevin Pillar had an RBI single for Toronto during a two-run sixth, when Devon Travis scored the game’s first run on a double-steal and botched defensive play by the Red Sox.STARTERSToronto starter Ryan Boruki, who allowed seven runs and eight hits July 13 at Fenway Park, held an opponent to two runs or fewer in at least six innings for the third time in four starts.“He was tremendous today,” manager John Gibbons said. “He’s done a tremendous job for a rookie call-up.”NO RUSHSale continued tossing in the bullpen after he was pulled, trying to rebuild his arm strength for the postseason. He was hoping to get a second inning, but Cora said it didn’t make sense because the Red Sox weren’t going to let him throw more than 40 pitches.“This is the first step in the right direction,” Sale said http://www.royalsfanproshop.com/authentic-brandon-moss-jersey , crediting the Red Sox medical staff. “There was a lot of work by a lot of people that went into this.”MR. CLUTCHHolt also homered as a pinch hitter on Aug. 13 at Philadelphia.“I guess I would rather be in there from the start than to come in and pinch-hit,” Holt said, “but if I keep on hitting homers then I’ll take it.”TRAINER’S ROOMBlue Jays: RF Randal Grichuk was back in the lineup, two days after he crashed face-first into a guard’s metal chair. Concussion tests were negative on Grichuk, who was left with a bloody nose, swollen left eye socket and a few facial cuts. … Pillar ran face-first into the center field wall chasing Pearce’s triple. Pillar needed a few minutes to get back to his feet, but stayed in the game.Red Sox: Sale made his first start since Aug. 12 and threw 26 pitches. After a leadoff double by Lourdes Gurriel, he struck out two, then walked a batter before Grichuck popped out to end the inning.UP NEXTRHP Aaron Sanchez (4-5, 5.17 ERA) faces Boston LHP David Price (14-6, 3.57).