Clippers manager Torey Lovullo won’t fully commit to Tomo Ohka as the starter for Thursday’s series opener in Toledo, but he came pretty close. “He’s very qualified and we feel very good about the possibility of him starting” Lovullo said. Ohka pitched six innings, allowing four earned runs and six hits in the nightcap of Saturday’s doubleheader in Louisville.

Aaron Laffey was the scheduled starter for Thursday, but he’ll pitch for Cleveland on Wednesday in Kansas City. The Indians still need to make a roster move to open a spot for the southpaw.

Torey Lovullo announced that Tomo Ohka will start the second game of tonight’s doubleheader in Louisvlle. Ohka, 33, was a free agent signing by the Indians this winter after pitching for Charlotte (White Sox) last year.

Aaron Laffey will pitch the opener after his scheduled Clippers debut was washed out last night.

Here are the pitching match-ups for the rest of this series with the Bats:

Saturday
LH Aaron Laffey vs. LH Matt Maloney
RH Tomo Ohka vs. RH Ramon Ramirez

Sunday
RH Kirk Saarloos vs. LH Ben Jukich

Also, here is the updated roster:
Roster 4-11-09.pdf

 I’ll have the lineups and notes in a bit…