Preview: Indians Look to Take Weekend Series Against Royals with Kluber on the Mound

The Tribe and Royals will wrap up a very fast three-game set at Progressive Field Sunday with a first pitch set at 1:10pm. The Royals won a wild game 10-9 on

The Tribe and Royals will wrap up a very fast three-game set at Progressive Field Sunday with a first pitch set at 1:10pm.

The Royals won a wild game 10-9 on Friday night as a Michael Brantley grand slam went for not as the Royals came back down 10-4 for the win to, at the time, drop the Indians a game under .500.

Saturday the day belonged to Francisco Lindor, as the Tribe shortstop went 4-for-4 with two homers and two doubles in an Indians 6-2 win.

It sets up the rubber game of the three-game set Sunday, with Corey Kluber set to take the mound for the Tribe.

Time: 1:10 p.m.

Starting Pitchers: RHP Corey Kluber (5-2, 2.62) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (1-4, 5.15)

TV: SportsTime Ohio

Online: MLB.TV

Radio: WTAM 1100am, Indians Radio Network

1. Kluber Day

The Indians ace is back on the hill, coming off his second loss of the season on Tuesday, as he fell in a 3-2 decision to the Brewers in Milwaukee.

Both of Kluber's losses in 2018 have been low scoring one-run games, losing on opening night against the Mariners and Felix Hernandez 2-1, and then last week falling 3-2 to the Brew Crew.

Kluber has been solid against the Royals in his career, going 9-6 with a 2.98 ERA in 20 starts. The key seems to be for the offense to provide him with four or more runs, as it's always a sure fire way to getting a win.

2. Hot Hitting Lindor

The Indians shortstop has been on a tear, with a huge day on Saturday against the Royals, going 4-for-4 with two homers and two doubles, leading the way for the Indians to a 6-2 win.

Lindor, who was the AL Player of the Week last week, seems to be on track to win the award again, as the last week he's hitting .368 with three homers and four RBI.

He's 7-for-19 at the plate, and again he and Jose Ramirez in the one and three spots in the lineup seem to be the jump start to the Indians offense, and a quick start against Danny Duffy and the Royals is a key to a win with Kluber on the mound.

3. Feast on Duffy

As if having Corey Kluber on the mound isn't a big enough advantage for the Tribe, they go up against a pitcher they have had great success with over the years in Royals lefty Danny Duffy.

The Indians beat Duffy in the home opener on April 6, but he held the Tribe for the most part in check that day, allowing three runs in 5.2 innings.

He's been pretty bad this season, has he was 0-4 until finally winning his first game of the season on Tuesday against Baltimore.

In 16 games against the Tribe Duffy is 2-7 with a 4.09 ERA. With Kluber coming off a loss, if the offense can get him some early runs, it should be a day in which the Indians get to 20-19 on the season.