Tribe trusts Tomlin for Game 3 tonight

BOSTON — Josh Tomlin stepped out into the rain onto the soggy outfield at Fenway Park and played catch before heading back inside the cozy comforts of the visiting clubhouse. That was as close as the Indians’ starter came to pitching on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

“I just tried to do the same thing I did yesterday,” he said. “I played catch out to the same distance and did my running and did my pregame stuff in the weight room. After that, it’s just another day tomorrow. Same day [as] it would’ve been today.”

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Tomlin shouldn’t have weather as an issue when the rainout is made up tonight (6 ET, TBS), given the forecast. With the game called early, he doesn’t anticipate any trouble gearing up for his first postseason start again, either.

“It doesn’t affect me at all,” he said. “I know that I’ve got to get prepared … and go out there and win a game. It’s part of the game. It happens in the regular season all the time. You go out there and do your normal pregame stuff tonight, and then get ready to pitch [tonight].”

It’s a simple approach for Tomlin, just as he took a simple approach when he was briefly taken out of the rotation near the end of August following a rough set of starts. He had a 10-2 record with a 3.34 ERA …

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