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OFFICIAL 2017 POSTSEASON INFORMATION LEVELAND INDIANS 2017 A.L. DIVISION SERIES GAME FOUR NOTES CLEVELAND INDIANS (2-1) vs. NEW YORK YANKEES (1-2) RHP Trevor Bauer (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Luis Severino (0-0, 81.00) ALDS G4/Road #2 » Monday., Oct. 9, 2017 » Yankee Stadium » 7:08 p.m. ET » FoxSports 1, ESPN Radio, WTAM/WMMS/IRN BEFORE THE DELUGE | ONE LONG BALL DECIDES ALDS G3 FOR EVERYMAN | CLEVELAND POSTSEASON HISTORY 2017 at a glance » Cleveland’s series lead in the 2017 ALDS was cut to 2-1, as the » Cleveland has gone 56-48 (.538) all-time in Postseason games, the Indians fell to the Yankees by a score of 1-0 on Sunday night in the Bronx 4th-highest winning pct. of any A.L. team since 1901 and 6th-highest vs. AL: Central West East after Greg Bird connected for a solo HR off ANDREW MILLER to lead by any team in the Majors behind Florida (.667, 22-11), New York-AL 96-46 50-26 24-8 22-12 off the bottom of the 7th inning...lefties had been just 3-for-27 (.111) with (.589, 225-157), New York-NL (.573, 51-38), Baltimore (.551, 54-44) & vs. NL: Central West East 12 K’s and zero HR’s against Miller during his previous 18 Postseason Kansas City (.541, 40-34)...Tribe’s 56 Postseason wins in that span are 6-14 2-2 4-12 0-0 In Series: Home Road Total appearances...Tribe starter struck out 7 over 5.2 5th in A.L., 9th in MLB...would be 57-48 if 1948 A.L. Pennant playoff CARLOS CARRASCO Overall 15-9-3 18-8-1 33-17-4 scoreless frames...each team was held to 5 hits...JASON KIPNIS had game officially counted...Cleveland’s 104 Postseason games are 5th- Openers 17-10 15-12 32-22 the lone multi-hit effort of the contest...was the second shutout of current most played by any A.L. team since 1901 behind New York-AL (383), Finales 19-8 17-10 36-18 ALDS series after Cleveland’s 4-0 win in Game 1. Boston (174), Oakland (158) & Detroit (120), 10th-most in the Majors. Rubber 6-4 4-2 10-6 » Cleveland’s longest Postseason winning streak is 6 games (started LATE FOR THE SKY | BLANKED IN THE BRONX Lead after: Home Road Total 2016 PS 6-0, Oct. 6-17), while longest Postseason losing streak is 4 6 inn. 42-3 45-3 87-6 » The Indians were shutout for just the seventh time in Postsea- games, done twice (Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 1954 - 4G WS sweep - & Oct. 18, 7 inn. 44-3 47-2 91-5 son history (104 games) on Sunday night - first ever in an A.L. Division 2007-Oct. 2, 2013). 8 inn. 43-2 48-0 91-2 Series contest...the others came in 1920 World Series G2 at Brooklyn » Cleveland has appeared in the World Series on six (6) separate occa- Trail after: Home Road Total (3-0), 1948 World Series G1 at Boston-NL (1-0), 1995 World Series G6 sions, winning titles in 1920 (5-2 over Brooklyn Robins) & 1948 (4-2 over 6 inn. 4-25 4-20 8-45 at Atlanta (1-0), 1997 ALCS G1 at Baltimore (3-0), 1998 ALCS G4 vs. Boston Braves)...Tribe came up on the losing end in Fall Classics played 7 inn. 3-23 3-21 6-44 New York-AL (4-0) & 2013 A.L. Wild Card vs. Tampa Bay (4-0)...five of in 1954 (4-0 to NY Giants), 1995 (4-2 to Atlanta), 1997 (4-3 to Florida) 8 inn. 2-29 1-23 3-52 the seven instances have come in Postseason road games...third time Tied after: Home Road Total & 2016 (4-3 to Chicago-NL)...the 1903 World Series is considered to be for the Tribe to be shut out by a score of 1-0. 6 inn. 3-4 4-5 7-9 Major League Baseball’s first modern installment of the event. » Cleveland was shut out only six times during the 2017 regular 7 inn. 2-6 3-5 5-11 season, tied for 3rd-fewest in the A.L. and Majors behind only Min- LOOKING EAST | POSTSEASON VS. YANKEES 8 inn. 4-1 4-5 8-6 nesota (2) & New York-AL (3)...last night marked the first time for Cleve- » Cleveland & New York-AL are meeting for the fourth time in Post- Decided... Home Road Total land to be shut out since July 14 at Oakland (5-0), a span of 76 games season history with the previous instances taking place in 1997, 1998 7th-or-later 9-9 10-11 19-20 Final AB 6-3 5-8 11-11 between blankings (regular + Postseason). & 2007...Tribe posted Division Series wins over the Bronx Bombers in Extra-Innings 4-1 0-1 4-2 » In addition, both ‘97 (3-2) & ‘07 (3-1), but lost the ‘98 ALCS (2-4)... Sunday marked the first time for Cleveland to be held the Indians are One-run G’s 11-10 9-5 20-15 scoreless through the first 6.0 innings of a game since Aug. 23 vs. 10-8 vs. the Yankees in Postseason play...Sunday snapped a fran- Walk-offs 6 6 6-6 Boston (the day prior to start of Tribe’s A.L.-record 22-game winning chise-record 3 streak of straight Postseason wins against New York-AL vs. RH starter 34-19 32-17 66-36 streak), snapping a streak of 39 consecutive games (InsideEdge). dating back to 2007 ALDS G4...18 of Cleveland’s officially recognized vs. LH starter 15-13 21-11 36-24 104 Postseason games all-time (17.3%) have been played against the YOU LOVE THE THUNDER | ALDS GAMES 1 & 2 Yankees. tribe by the numbers » The Indians won the first two games of this ALDS vs. New York- » Cleveland went 5-2 against New York-AL during the regular sea- AL, posting a 4-0 shutout in Game 1 ahead of a 9-8, 13-inning walk-off Overall Record ........................... 102-60 son, splitting a four-game series at Progressive Field, Aug. 3-6, before win in Game 2...marked the sixth time in Cleveland Postseason his- Standing in A.L. Central ......1st, +17.0G sweeping a 3-game series at Yankee Stadium, Aug. 28-30, in the midst tory for the Indians to hold a 2-0 advantage in a series...Tribe is 4-1 Days in 1st (2-3-4-5) .......132 (39-7-3-2) of Cleveland’s A.L.-record 22-game winning streak; included Aug. 30 in the previous five instances - wins coming in 1995 ALDS vs. Boston, Largest 1st-place Lead +17.0G, last 9/30 DH sweep that capped stretch of 23 games in 23 days (finished 17-6)... 2007 ALDS vs. New York-AL, 2016 ALDS vs. Boston & 2016 ALCS vs. Largest 1st-place Deficit..-3.0G, last 5/27 was Tribe’s first road sweep of the Yankees since 1989 (April 7-9)... Toronto, while the loss came in 1999 ALDS vs. Boston. Most G Above .500 +42G (2x, 102-60, 10/1) Indians outscored the Yankees, 31-20 in season series...Tribe pitchers Most G Below .500 ..... -2G, 2x (5-7, 4/16) » GAME 1 (4-0 win): Tribe recorded the 14th shutout in Cleveland posted a 2.86 ERA (63.0IP, 47H, 20R/ER), holding the Yankees to 2-or- Times at .500 .......... 4, last 31-31 on 6/14 Postseason history, as TREVOR BAUER carried a no-hit bid thru 5.1 fewer runs in 5 of the 7 contests...went 22-12 vs. the A.L. East. Current Streak .................................. W1 frames on his way to 6.2 scoreless innings...JAY BRUCE drove in 3 of Homestand ....................................... 4-2 the Tribe’s 4 runs with a two-run HR in the 4th & a sac fly in the 5th... THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR | FRANCONA IN THE POSTSEASON Following a Win ............................ 67-34 ROBERTO PEREZ hit into a run-scoring double play to break scoreless » TERRY FRANCONA has guided his teams to the MLB Postseason Following a Loss .......................... 34-26 tie in the 2nd...CODY ALLEN notched his 7th career Postseason save, on eight different occasions - including three of his five seasons with Last 5 games.................................... 4-1 passing Jose Mesa (6) to become franchise’s all-time PS saves leader. Cleveland in 2013 (lost A.L. WC), 2016 (lost WS in 7G) & 2017 - compil- Last 10 games.................................. 7-3 » GAME 2 (9-8 win): YAN GOMES ended the 8th walk-off win in Cleve- ing an all-time winning pct. of .625 (40-24) in the playoffs...that stands as Last 15 games.................................11-4 land PS history with an RBI-single (off Dellin Betances, 2.0+IP) down the 2nd-best mark in MLB history (min 25G) behind only Joe McCarthy Last 20 games................................ 16-4 the LF line to score AUSTIN JACKSON (lead-off walk, stolen base) from at .698 (30-13)...Francona won the first 9 World Series games he man- Longest ‘W’ Streak ........... 22 (8/24-9/14) 2B...the 13-inn. affair matched longest game in Cleveland PS history, aged, the most wins w/o a loss in the history of the Fall Classic at the Longest ‘L’ Streak ...................4, (7/9-16) previously 1995 ALDS ALDS Game 1 vs. Boston on Oct.