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Toru Murata has been called up from AAA-Columbus, and will be making his career major league debut.

CLEVELAND INDIANS

Toru Murata - RHP (5-3, 2.79 ERA) *

* AAA-Columbus

BALTIMORE O RIOLES

Manny Machado - 3B

Chris Parmelee - 1B

Jimmy Paredes - DH

Chris Davis - RF

Matthew Wieters - C

Travis Snider - LF

James Jerry Hardy - SS

Ryan Flaherty - 2B

David Lough - CF

Christopher Steven Tillman - RHP (5-7, 6.22 ERA)

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

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Toru Murata has been called up from AAA-Columbus, and will be making his career major league debut.

CLEVELAND INDIANS

Toru Murata - RHP (5-3, 2.79 ERA) *

* AAA-Columbus

BALTIMORE O RIOLES

Manny Machado - 3B

Chris Parmelee - 1B

Jimmy Paredes - DH

Chris Davis - RF

Matthew Wieters - C

Travis Snider - LF

James Jerry Hardy - SS

Ryan Flaherty - 2B

David Lough - CF

Christopher Steven Tillman - RHP (5-7, 6.22 ERA)

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

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Murata is a right-handed pitcher, has a 2.79 ERA in 80.2 innings for the Columbus Clippers this year. He has a very low strikeout rate (5.36 K/9), which is not particularly exciting, but he's got a decent walk rate and has done well at keeping the ball in the park this year. His FIP is 3.75 though, because it's hard to do well while striking out so few. Murata has been very good in recent weeks. In his last four starts he's posted a 1.98 ERA, which may or may not have made the difference in him being chosen for this spot start.

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