Porcello starts ALDS Game 4 if Bosox avoid sweep vs Indians

The Indians and Red Sox were rained out in Boston yesterday, pushing Game 3 to tonight. Indeed, fans chanted those three letters after each hit as he went 3 for 3, including RBI singles in the fifth and seventh. Porcello lasted just 4.1 innings in his Game 1 start in Cleveland, surrendering five runs off six hits, including three homers.

The game will be made up on Monday night. The big bats came out in Game 1 as Toronto jumped out to an early 1-0 series lead behind a 10-1 shelling of Texas in Arlington shifting the home field advantage to the Jays.

“So, I didn’t find out about that until later”.

The team with the best regular season record usually doesn’t win the World Series. There’s a very real chance that this will be the last time all year that there will be three games on in one day. The Rangers hadn’t lost on a game-ending play since June 30 against the Yankees.

“He’s a competitor”, Buchholz said. “Because you’re never guaranteed that you’re going to have the lead the next day”. That guy will pitch against Jake Arrieta, who is basically like Madison Bumgarner if Bumgarner was likable and cool. He can cut, sink the ball, has a good curveball. Travis Wood relieved him and homered in his only at-bat, becoming just the second reliever ever (and first since 1924) to homer in the playoffs. But with Eduardo Rodriguez also well-rested, Farrell said Rodriguez is also a candidate for Game 5, if the Red Sox get there. “I want to say me”, Tomlin answered when reporters asked who was the better hitter, getting a hearty laugh from manager Terry Francona. “We know what kind of team we’ve got here and the kind of organization we have here – and we’re pretty happy with what’s going on”.

Cubs fans have waited a long time to quit waiting on next year, and Chicago’s latest quest is a win away from overcoming the Giants’ even-year magic.

Speaking in Washington on Saturday, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he had “every confidence we will not have a repeat” of Tuesday’s can-throwing incident. That was just how it played out. “We’re pitching well, we’re playing good defense and right now we’ve been able to hit the homer”.

“Hopefully there isn’t a spot where he has to come in in the midst of an inning”, Farrell said.