Los Angeles Times

Cleveland 4 Dodgers 2

- —Bill Shaikin

AT THE PLATE: Outfielder Yasiel Puig had his bat flip in midseason form, flashing it after hitting a long home run off American League Cy Young winner Corey Kluber. Utilityman Enrique Hernandez homered off Kluber too, his third home run in three days. Shortstop Corey Seager, the Dodgers’ top prospect, worked a walk off KIuber and has seven walks this spring. ON THE MOUND: Left-hander David Huff, trying to win a spot as a long man in an unsettled Dodgers bullpen, gave up one hit, a bunt single, in three shutout innings. Huff became a father for the first time Thursday, but he insisted he was not tired Sunday, since he slept apart from his wife and baby Saturday night. “My wife actually kicked me out,” he said. “She told me to sleep in my own room and get some rest.” Chris Hatcher, a candidate to replace the injured Kenley Jansen as closer, retired one of five batters; his ERA is 10.13. EXTRA BASES: Brandon McCarthy opted for a minor league exhibition Monday, so the Dodgers will start right-hander Chris Anderson against the Arizona Diamondbac­ks. Anderson, 22, a first-round draft pick in 2013, went 7-7 with a 4.62 ERA at Class-A Rancho Cucamonga last season. Manager Don Mattingly said pitcher Chad Gaudin, who left Saturday’s game because of what he called a “tweak” in his right biceps, “felt totally normal” Sunday and will throw a bullpen session today. . . . The Dodgers declined to confirm a Baseball America report that the team had agreed to an $8-million minor league contract with Pablo Fernandez, a 25-year-old Cuban right-hander.

NEXT: Arizona Diamondbac­ks on Monday at 1 p.m. at Camelback Ranch. TV: SportsNet LA.

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