A Tribe With A Quest Becomes Midnight Marauders in Views From The 6:Indians Vs Blue Jays ALCS

[timothy_strickland]

The series was a lot closer than the end result seems though. Really when you look at the actual batting stats, hits, and pitching stats the teams were really close. Biggest difference really was that the Jays starters were giving up untimely home runs, and the Jays batters were not making the Indians pay for their mistakes.

Game 1: 2-0 Indians

Hits: 7-6 Blue Jays
HR: 2 Run HR for Lindor

Game 2: 2-1 Indians

Hits: 4-3 Indians
HR: Solo HR for Santana

Game 3: 4-2 Indians

Hits: 7-7
Home Runs: Napoli Solo HR, Kipnis Solo HR

Game 4: 5-1 Jays

Hits: 9-2 Jays
HR: Donaldson Solo HR

Game 5: 3-0 Indians

Hits: 6-6
HR: Crisp Solo HR, Santana Solo HR

The main difference in the series were the Home runs. The Indians didn't outhit they Jays at all, or play "small ball" any better than the Jays did. (Outside of Game 4 where the Jays outhit the Indians 9-2, the hits were even 23-23).

The difference in the series was that the Indians hit 6 home runs, and the Jays only hit 1 HR. Jays batters let the Indians pitchers get away with mistakes and every time a Jays pitcher made a mistake it was crushed.

Even the bullpens were close outside of IP (which was all from the Bauer start).

Jays bullpen: 12.2 - 0 ER
Indians bullpen: 22 Innings Pitched - 4 ER

 

[Leonard Washington]

Indians bullpen won the series. A real buzzsaw.

Toronto's pitching was solid. They pitched well enough to win. The Bats were just shutdown by the indians bullpen. And Cleveland got clutch hitting and clutch plays(coco crisp's great catch in game 3 that prevented a blue jays rally and his hit today)

You guys beat us like KC beat us last year. Speed on the bases, athleticism, hitting for contact and ability to manufacture runs with all 1-9 hitters able to hit for average, young players nicely developed and groomed, and killer bullpen that shutdown a homerun-dependant offense in toronto.

Francona managed well. Despite the injuries to salazar and carrasco he managed his pitching staff superbly.

Blue Jays feasted on fastballs all season. Indians pitchers fed us slow fast balls(less than 98 mph) and cutters. I didnt notice fast fastballs from indians pitchers in this series.

I got no hate for Indians. Tribe fans were classy and knowledgeable here. Respect @Buckeye Fever @Illeye buckmatic
@Leonard Washington

I hated KC royals last year. They were easy to hate, not the indians.

Enjoy the pennant and beat cubs or dodgers!