IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

[Lefty Specialist]

Well, if there's one guy who knows about not taking the foot off the gas when you've got a 3-0 lead, it's Terry Francona.

[Centerfield]

I just love that as soon as any team takes a 3-0 lead, in any sport, someone has to mention the 2004 Yankees.

I mean, it's like one of my favorite things in life.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Your post reminds me of the 2004 Yankees!

[Guest cooby]

Apparently my daughter's cable company does not carry TBS

[Guest d'Kong76]

cooby wrote: Apparently my daughter's cable company does not carry TBS

I find that nearly impossible to fathom!

[Ceetar]

d'Kong76 wrote: cooby wrote: Apparently my daughter's cable company does not carry TBS I find that nearly impossible to fathom!

Oh, I'm sure the cable company must carry it, it's just a bigger package.

[Guest cooby]

No actually I was wrong they do carry it! I was fooled because the stupid onscreen channel guide says the game is at 7!!!

So thank you for saying it starts at 4 whoever started this thread!

[Guest cooby]

KC

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Centerfield wrote: I just love that as soon as any team takes a 3-0 lead, in any sport, someone has to mention the 2004 Yankees. I mean, it's like one of my favorite things in life.

Beautiful!

[Frayed Knot]

TBS was essentially the first national cable station; I think there are toaster ovens that carry it.

[Guest cooby]

Lol

[MFS62]

If there was ever a team that needed a KTE its Cleveland. I think even the most avid baseball fan outside of northern Ohio would be hard pressed to name more than three position players on that team.

Later

[TransMonk]

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[Guest cooby]

Damn. Time to change channels to Pickers

[Frayed Knot]

Francona got a bunch of props for how he handled his pitching thus far but I think he might have over-managed a bit in this one.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Cleveland at Toronto
When: 4:00 PM ET, Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
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The Toronto Blue Jays look to take the second step of what they hope is an historic comeback when they host the Cleveland Indians for Game 5 of the American League Championship Series on Wednesday. Toronto staved off elimination Tuesday with a 5-1 victory and hopes to join the 2004 Boston Red Sox (ALCS) as the only teams in major-league history to overcome a 0-3 deficit and win a playoff series.

Josh Donaldson homered and Edwin Encarnacion delivered a two-run single as the Blue Jays became the first team to fare well against Corey Kluber this postseason, reaching Cleveland's ace for two runs in five innings after the former Cy Young Award winner worked 13 1/3 scoreless frames over his first two starts. The Indians managed only two hits - both doubles - in six innings against Toronto starter Aaron Sanchez before three relievers tossed a perfect frame apiece. It was the first loss of the postseason for Cleveland, which swept Boston in the AL Division Series before taking the first three games of this matchup. The Indians put their hopes in rookie Ryan Merritt on Wednesday as they aim to secure their first World Series appearance since 1997.

TV: 4 p.m. ET, TBS, Sportsnet (Toronto)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Indians LH Ryan Merritt (2016: 1-0, 1.64 ERA) vs. Blue Jays RH Marco Estrada (1-1, 1.65)

Merritt will become the second pitcher in major-league history to start a playoff game after making just one regular-season start in his career. The 24-year-old Texan got the nod at Kansas City on Sept. 30 and recorded the victory after allowing just one run and three hits over five innings. Merritt began his tenure in the majors with three relief appearances over which he gave up one run and three hits in six frames.

Estrada is hoping to duplicate the effort from his start in Game 5 of last year's ALCS, when he yielded one run over 7 2/3 innings against Kansas City to keep Toronto from being eliminated. The 33-year-old Mexican tossed his first major-league complete game at Cleveland in Game 1 of this series but took the loss after allowing two runs and six hits in eight frames. Estrada also helped the Blue Jays avoid elimination in Game 3 of the 2015 ALDS at Texas, giving up just one run over 6 1/3 innings in his first career postseason start.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Donaldson has recorded seven extra-base hits this postseason - three shy of the franchise record set in 1993 by Paul Molitor.
2. Cleveland was the only team in the majors not to experience a four-game losing streak during the regular season.
3. Toronto has won 21 consecutive games when scoring five or more runs but is 0-13 in the postseason since Game 2 of the 1993 ALCS when scoring fewer than five.

[Guest cooby]

Good another day game. I'm gonna go home and put on another Indians shirt.

Hot out today. All the old bats got their capris back out

[Guest d'Kong76]

I was able to watch a lot of this and thoroughly enjoyed it. Congrats to The
Tribe! Hope they bring the same A Game to the World Series and beat NL!!

[Frayed Knot]

Cleveland, apparently, rocks.

And there's no way they could have done this without LeBron.

[Frayed Knot]

Andrew Miller actually only struck out one batter today - he had faced 33 batters this post-season prior to this game and had struck out 20 of them.
So today he goes the opposite route and retires 8 batters (2-2/3 innings) on just 21 pitches.

[Fman99]

Assumed this game was tomorrow. I hate the 4 PM playoff starts. What a lot of shit. Play during prime time, for fuck's sake.

[Frayed Knot]

Fman99 wrote: Play during prime time, for fuck's sake.

That's when the NL game is on.
Of course with tonight's game approaching three hours and just in the top of the 6th, it might still be going by mid-day tomorrow.

[Centerfield]

Andrew Miller is amazing. Don't think I realized how unhittable that guy is.

[HahnSolo]

Just an observation on the demeanor of the dugouts.

If you're a Blue Jays fan watching at home and TBS does those cuts to the two dugouts, how comfortable are you when you see your manager with his head against the back of the dugout looking like a little league dad just wondering what's for dinner when he gets home, then they switch to the other dugout and you see Tito as cool and collected as can be, knowing whatever button he pushes will be the right one?