It might be the right time for the Cleveland Indians to make a change, a serious one, because nothing else has seemed to work.

The Tribe tried to provide a spark to the ball club when Lonnie Chisenhall and Jose Ramirez were demoted earlier this month and two of the top prospects were called up the the Big Leagues.

Giovanny Urshela was called up June 9 and has been an upgrade over Chisenhall defensively and also was hitting a respectable .260.

Meanwhile, Francisco Lindor was called up June 14 was hitting a disappointing .224 but playing relatively well at shortstop. Lindor also has assumed the No. 2 spot in the lineup as his switch-hitting provides lineup flexibility and speed.

While watching the second game of a doubleheader on June 28, Fox Sports posted a few interesting statistics on how the offense has sputtered this month. Another one mentioned at the end of the game was that this was the first time in 40 years that the Tribe had been shutout in both games of a doubleheader.

The TV network also noted in the first 23 games in June, the Indians had a 9-14 record, averaged just 2.9 runs per game and has scored three runs or fewer in 16 of those 23 games. Plus, the team collectively was hitting .247 for the month and an anemic .206 with runners in scoring position.

Folks, that’s not good. It’s time for someone to pay and that someone is probably going to be Indians hitting coach Ty Van Burkleo because it’s certainly not going to be Manager Terry Francona. Is Jason Giambi available?

You could sense the frustration as Francona exploded at the end of the second game screaming face-to-face with the home plate umpire with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.

What’s worse is those numbers don’t include the Tribe’s two losses in the doubleheader sweep in Baltimore when the Indians were shut out in the first game with just four hits and eight hits in the second game.

Even more of a shame is that the team’s offensive woes have come as Jason Kipnis has been on fire for the past two months and just wrapped up a 20-game hitting streak and for a brief stretch led the American League in hitting. He’s even been mentioned as a potential MVP candidate.

The pitching staff seems to have felt the weight of the burden stemming from the lack of offense.

Ace Corey Kluber keeps saying the right things about how he needs to execute his pitches and give the team a chance to win. For the most part, he’s done just that, but the hitters aren’t doing their part and the team keeps losing when he pitches.

Kluber has a respectable 3.66 ERA, but his record is just 3-9 and could just as easily be worse as he’s pitched a few gems this season to get the few victories he has..

Trevor Bauer has dropped to 6-5 after he pitched seven innings on June 28 and gave up four runs. Not a great start, but not a terrible one although when the offense doesn’t score and only gets four hits, even one run allowed is too much.

I’m not sure I agreed with the decision to start Toru Murata in the second game of the doubleheader when the offense has been so stagnant.

Sure, the 30-year-old Japanese pitcher’s story is a very nice one and serves as a role model for younger players in the system that hard work does pay off. But the Tribe is struggling and I’m not sure this was the time when Cody Anderson was ready to go, but got his start pushed to June 29.

With that said, the Indians will head to Tampa on June 29 to play a four-game series against the Rays and then travel to Pittsburgh on June 3 to finish the road trip with a three-game series for the holiday weekend.

Anderson (0-0, 0.00 ERA) makes his second career start at 7:10 p.m. June 29 against Rays righty Nathan Karns (4-3, 3.28 ERA).

The Tribe’s right-hander takes the hill after an impressive debut pitching seven scoreless innings against the Rays on June 21. It will be difficult to match that effort, but it may just take that type of performance for the weak-hitting Indians to win.

Danny Salazar (6-3, 4.06 ERA) will start at 7:10 p.m. June 30 against Erasmo Ramirez (6-2, 4.23 ERA), who gave up just two hits in three innings in his last start June 20 against the Indians before he left due to injury.

Salazar looks to rebound after his worst start of the season when he gave up seven runs (six earned) in 4.1 innings against Detroit on June 23.

Carlos Carrasco (9-6, 4.18 ERA) gets the nod for the 7:10 p.m. game on July 1. The Rays have not yet announced a starter.

Carrasco’s numbers are another example of how wins can often be a misleading statistic to evaluate a pitcher’s performance. He leads the team in wins, but certainly isn’t considered to be the team’s best starter.

The Indians wrap up the series with Tampa at 12:10 p.m. July 2 and neither team has announced a starter for the game.

Games against the Pirates are scheduled for 7:05 p.m. July 3, 4:05 p.m. on Independence Day, and 1:35 p.m. on July 5. Neither team has announced a starting pitcher for any of the series.

Who’s Hot – Who’s Not

Kipnis is on his way toward a possible 200-hit season as he already has reached 100 hits after 74 games. Kipnis is also among the league leaders in batting average with a .342 mark and was leading the Majors with 24 doubles. Headed into the second game of the June 28 doubleheader, his on base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS slash was an impressive .422/.509/.931.

David Murphy also continues to have a nice season in a platoon role and is hitting .336 after a four-hit night in the doubleheader second game.

Carlos Santana had a rough day on June 28 as he went 0-8 at the plate and left eight runners on base for both games. Santana is really struggling with a .211 batting average and has just six hits in his last 36 at bats, with one home run and two runs scored. In his last 10 games, the slugger has a .211 on-base percentage and a .278 slugging percentage.

Yan Gomes also continues to disappoint at the plate. The catcher only has four hits in his last 33 at-bats and has scored only two runs and hasn’t hit a home run. In his last 10 games, Gomes is barely getting on base and has a .139 on-base percentage and .152 slugging percentage. For the season, he’s hitting .192 overall.