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CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians are chasing a division championship in the American League Central and the Miami Marlins are pursuing a Wild Card spot in the National League.On Friday night, the teams will meet in Cleveland for the first game of a three-game series, the final interleague games for both teams.The Indians are in first place in the AL Central, 4 1/2 games ahead of the second-place Detroit Tigers. The Marlins are in third place in the NL East, but are still very much alive in the race for the second Wild Card spot.With major league rosters able to be expanded starting Sept. 1, both the Indians and Marlins made several roster moves Thursday.The Indians officially added Coco Crisp to their roster. Crisp was acquired in a trade with the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday in which the Indians sent minor league pitcher Colt Hynes to the As.Crisp was acquired to replace Abraham Almonte on the Indians postseason roster, assuming they make it. Almonte is not eligible for the postseason after being suspended for the first 80 games of the season for a positive steroids test.If were fortunate enough to move on (to the postseason), we wont have Abe. Thats the reality of where we are, Indians manager Terry Francona said. Coco is a veteran player who has been through it before. He can play left field or center, and hes hitting really well with runners in scoring position.Crisp leads the majors with a .424 batting average with runners in scoring position.The Indians also recalled pitchers Cody Anderson and Joe Colon on Thursday, and infielder Erik Gonzalez from Triple-A Columbus. Catcher Adam Moores contract was purchased from Columbus, and the Indians designated Columbus outfielder Collin Cowgill for assignment.The Indians also activated pitcher Danny Salazar from the paternity leave list.The Marlins recalled pitchers Brian Ellington and Nefi Ogando and catcher Tomas Telis from Triple-A New Orleans. In addition, outfielder Destin Hoods contract was purchased from New Orleans. The Marlins also designated pitcher Raudel Lazo for assignment.The addition of Hood gives Miami manager Don Mattingly another option in the outfield, where the Marlins are short a man. Marcell Ozuna did not play in the Marlins 6-4 win over the Mets on Thursday night, due to a sprained left wrist. Ozuna hurt the wrist making a diving catch in Wednesdays game. X-rays were negative, and Ozuna is day-to-day.The Marlins can ill-afford to lose Ozuna for any length of time. With a month left in the regular season, Miami is still in the hunt for a spot in the postseason.I like our club and our makeup, Mattingly told MLB.com. Well see where we go this last month. We think its going to be a fun month for us. Were going to learn a lot about our team, playing in these types of games.The pitching matchup Friday will be Clevelands Carlos Carrasco (9-7, 3.23) versus Miamis Andrew Cashner (4-10, 4.73). 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But they know all about finishing strong.Even though the urgency isnt the same at 6-4-1, Washington is trying to put another December run together to make the playoffs as it did in 2012 and 2015.The Redskins are in a playoff position with five weeks left, but facing the desperate Arizona Cardinals (4-6-1) on Sunday has them thinking about what it takes to win and get in down the stretch.They are who we were, linebacker Will Compton said. We just know were going to get their best shot, whatever that is.We know theyre more desperate, so to say, than us, but at the same time were desperate as well as in if we want to continue to control our own destiny, weve got to win out.The Redskins were 3-6 in 2012 before running the table to win the NFC East, and they won four of five last season to capture the division again and render Week 17 meaningless.It might take the same kind of success this time because theyre chasing the New York Giants and trying to fend off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, Cardinals, Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams.Washington faces four of those teams -- Arizona, Philadelphia, Carolina and New York -- and is in the drivers seat as long as it keeps winning.We have an opportunity with five games to go to finish strong, Cousins said. Ive always believed that people may forget how you start, but they always remember how you finish, and what a great opportunity for us.Given the Redskins prolific offense, they probably should have more than six wins.But they have the fourth-worst red zone offense in the NFL, converting 43.5 percent of chances for touchdowns, and the third-worst red zone defense, allowing opponents to score touchdowns on 67.6 percent of their opportunities.Coach Jay Gruden called those glaring weaknesses team, execution and schematic problems.Execution has got to be at a premium down there, Gruden said Wednesday. Offensively, tight windows, yyoure going to have to make some tight-window throws and some great catches and break a tackle because there are going to be some free hitters in the hole down in the red zone.ddddddddddddSo, No. 1 weve got to check out our execution, and No. 2, weve got to check out our scheme and just continue to keep working.Receiver DeSean Jackson, who practiced Wednesday despite continuing to be bothered by a rotator cuff injury in his left shoulder, said fixing the red zone inefficiency is a daily grind the offense has to go through.Gruden and offensive coordinator Sean McVay might also need to mix up the play-calling, especially with tight end Jordan Reeds status in doubt because of a sprained left shoulder.Completing in the red zone and the opportunities and the chances we have trying to score as many points as possible and not walking away in positions leaving field goals, Jackson said.As you see in the game on Thursday (at Dallas), if we couldve come out in the red zone a lot better, we would probably been in a different situation in that game.Red zone failures cost the Redskins in a 31-26 loss to the Cowboys, but they werent displeased with the performance.Cousins is on pace to shatter his franchise record for passing yards, rookie running back Robert Kelley has shown an ability to adjust to defenses and cornerback Josh Norman and members of the secondary are ready for a big challenge against Larry Fitzgerald and the Cardinals.I like the fact that it feels like were ascending, Gruden said. I know we lost last week, but I feel like were playing good football right now. ... We feel good where were at. We just have to go out and execute and get the tough wins on the road.Game notesReed didnt practice, but Gruden said the tight ends injury wont require surgery. ... DL Anthony Lanier (lower leg) did not practice Wednesday, and DE Ricky Jean Francois (knee), LT Ty Nsekhe (ankle), RG Brandon Scherff (ankle) and LB Terence Garvin (shoulder) were limited.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '