CLEVELAND — Outfielder Trevor Crowe’s lengthy comeback is complete.
Crowe, who was sidelined for the first five months of the year after offseason shoulder surgery, was activated from the disabled list Wednesday. He was in the lineup for the series finale with Detroit, starting in left field and going 0-for-3.
Crowe, who hit .251 with two home runs and 36 RBIs in 122 games for the Indians last year, began his minor league rehabilitation assignment with the Arizona League Indians. It was transferred to Triple-A Columbus, where he went 2-for-20 with an RBI and two stolen bases in five games before his activation.
To make room on the 40-man roster for Crowe, outfielder Jerad Head was designated for assignment.
Head, who was recalled from Columbus in late August after outfielder Michael Brantley was lost for the season, had two hits in 23 at-bats (eight games) for the Indians.
Next up
The Indians are on the road for the next 11days, beginning a four-game series against the White Sox tonight (8:10) at U.S. Cellular Field.
David Huff (2-3, 2.81 ERA) opens the set, opposing RHP Gavin Floyd (12-10, 4.45), while Jeanmar Gomez (2-2, 4.11) goes for Cleveland on Friday (8:10 p.m.) against LHP Mark Buehrle (11-7, 3.34).
Ubaldo Jimenez (8-11, 4.66) starts for the Indians on Saturday (4:11 p.m.), while Chicago counters with RHP Phil Humber (9-8, 3.45).
Fausto Carmona (6-14, 5.18) pitches the series finale Sunday (2:10 p.m.) against RHP Zach Stewart (2-3, 4.56).
Minor details
With the regular seasons complete for Cleveland’s top four minor league affiliates complete, here’s a look at the final team leaders:
Columbus – Luis Valbuena (.302), Head (24 HR), Valbuena (75 RBIs), Zach McAllister (12-3), Jeanmar Gomez (2.55 ERA), Josh Judy (23 saves).
Double-A Akron — Tim Fedroff (.338), Chun Chen (16 HR), Chen (70 RBIs), Austin Adams (11-10), Cory Burns (2.11 ERA), Burns (35 saves).
High-A Kinston — Bo Greenwell (.260), Adam Abraham (17 HR), Abraham (72 RBIs), Kyle Landis (9-2), Clayton Cook (9-9), Drew Pomeranz (1.87 ERA), Preston Guilmet (35 saves).
Single-A Lake County — Anthony Gallas (.314), Jesus Aguilar (19 HR), Aguilar (69 RBIs), J.D. Reichenbach (7-2), Clayton Ehlert (1.68 ERA), Ehlert (16 saves).
Roundin’ third
Shelley Duncan is just the second player this season — Chicago’s Carlos Quentin the other — to hit two homers in a game off Tigers ace Justin Verlander. … Verlander’s major league-leading 22 wins are the most by a Detroit pitcher since Joe Coleman went 23-15 in 1973. … Victor Martinez’s seventh-inning grand slam was his first since accomplishing the same against another Cleveland pitcher, Aaron Laffey, Oct. 3, 2009, at Fenway Park as a member of the Red Sox. … Tonight, 8:10, STO/WTAM 1100-AM/WEOL 930-AM.
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