Yan Gomes

Indians catcher Yan Gomes, shown hitting a two-run single against Baltimore on Saturday, entered Monday's game against Texas hitting .180 (25-for-139) with six homers and 25 RBI.

(Tony Dejak, Associated Press)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - It can be a maddening game. Get two hits and drive in three runs one day, take a 0-for-4 and leave the bases loaded in a critical situation the next.

Former Indians outfielder Manny Ramirez once described the grind of baseball by saying, "Some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you."

Catcher Yan Gomes knows exactly what Ramirez was talking about. He's hitting just .180 (25-for-139) for the season, but ranks among the Tribe's leaders in homers (six) and RBI (25).

Gomes hit .200 (13-for-64) in April and entered Monday night's game against Texas hitting .162 (12-for-74) in May. He batted ninth Monday for the first time this season.

'I'm just trying to take a little bit of the heat off him," said manager Terry Francona. "You can tell. You just watch his body language. He's wearing it a little bit. You can tell."

Gomes dealt with an injury to his right knee last season that hurt him at the plate. This spring, however, he hit .300 (15-for-50) with six homers and 11 RBI and seemed primed for a big season.

"I know he's searching. He's changed his stance a little bit to try and get back to where he was," said Francona. "That's hard to do during the game. When guys are going good you hear them say, 'I'm just see the ball and reacting.' Sometimes you're just not able to do that when you're not going well.

"But he'll get there. He's a hard worker. He's got the ability. We saw the way he hit this spring. It's in there. It will come."

Gomes is hitting .364 (12-for-33) with three homers and 21 RBI with runners in scoring position.

"The one good thing, as hard as it has been, he's got 25 RBI," said Francona. "That's a lot for a catcher and a lot for his batting average. I think sometimes we get so fixated on what guys aren't doing that we should try to remember what they are doing."

Gomes went 0-for-4 in Monday night's 9-2 loss to Texas. For the first time he wore athletic glasses at the plate.

"It's been something I've been working on during spring training," said Gomes. "I've tried contacts and I can't get used to them. We've been trying the glasses. They finally came in and I was, "I might as well try them on now.'"

Timetable: The Indians are still considering their options involving right-hander Carlos Carrasco. Here are their choices:

Carrasco could come off the disabled list and start Friday against Kansas City. He has not started a big league game since straining his left hamstring covering first base on April 24 at Comerica Park.

He could make one more rehab start to make sure his hamstring is healed.

If does start, will the Indians back him up with another starter or simply turn it over to the bullpen when he's done?

"We can see how the week goes and determine exactly what we want him to do," said Francona. "He's passing all his tests just fine."

Carrasco, who made his first rehab start Saturday at Class AA Akron, threw a bullpen session Monday.

"We're going to leave all our options open," said Francona. "Mainly, we're going to let the medical people spend as much time as they can with him. Then we can make a good baseball decision based on good medical information."

If Carrasco rejoins the rotation for Friday, a roster move would have to be made. Mike Clevinger, who made his third start Sunday, is a candidate to get optioned to Class AAA Columbus.

Testing, testing: Cody Anderson threw four scoreless innings for Columbus on Saturday. He struck out six and walked one on 48 pitches.

It was Anderson's first start since he beat the White Sox on May 23 in the second game of a doubleheader. In that game Anderson struck out nine and allowed one earned run in seven innings at U.S. Cellular Field.

It's unclear when the Indians will recall Anderson, who opened the season in the big league rotation.

"Getting him on a roll would be really beneficial for his career and our team," said Francona. "There's nothing wrong with allowing him to feel good. Whether it's there or here it will end up paying off here."

Mock draft: ESPN's Keith Law, in his latest mock draft, has the Indians taking Boston College right-hander Justin Dunn with the 14th pick in the first round. Law said the Indians are high on high school shortstop Delvin Perez from Puerto Rico, but doesn't think he'll be around when they make their first pick.

The MLB draft is June 9-June 11.

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On the way out: The cream colored uniforms the Indians used to wear on opening day, weekends and holidays are being phased out. They will not be worn after this season.

The Indians, for marketing purposes, have already informed MLB of the decision.

Here are uniforms Tribe will be wearing on Memorial Day. pic.twitter.com/bvOBGujItr — paul hoynes (@hoynsie) May 30, 2016

Finally: The Indians are averaging 5.6 runs per game at home, second most in the big leagues behind Boston at 6.7 . . .Joba Chamberlain, recovering from a left intercostal injury, threw a bullpen session Monday . . .Texas infielders Rougned Odor began serving a seven-game suspension on Friday and will not play against the Indians.