It’s a battle of solo home runs in the other ALDS as Cleveland defeats Boston, 5 – 4. Andrew Benintendi, Sandy Leon and Brock Holt go deep for Boston, but the Indians reply with three solo blasts off Rick Porcello in the 3rd, by Roberto Perez, Jason Kipnis and Francisco Lindor. In a daring move, Terry Francona removes Trevor Bauer in the 5th inning in order to save him for a possible Game 4 start on short rest, and it works as relievers Andrew Miller, Bryan Shaw and Cody Allen give up only one run the rest of the way to preserve the win.

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It’s a battle of solo home runs in the other ALDS as Cleveland defeats Boston, 5 – 4. Andrew Benintendi, Sandy Leon and Brock Holt go deep for Boston, but the Indians reply with three solo blasts off Rick Porcello in the 3rd, by Roberto Perez, Jason Kipnis and Francisco Lindor. In a daring move, Terry Francona removes Trevor Bauer in the 5th inning in order to save him for a possible Game 4 start on short rest, and it works as relievers Andrew Miller, Bryan Shaw and Cody Allen give up only one run the rest of the way to preserve the win.

The Blue Jays score early and often in defeating the Rangers, 10 – 1, in Game 1 of the ALDS. They chase Cole Hamels in the 4th inning, by which time they are already up, 7 – 0, the big blow being a bases-loaded triple by Troy Tulowitzki. For his part, Marco Estrada is masterful, using a diet of change-ups to keep Texas off the scoreboard until the 9th.

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The Blue Jays score early and often in defeating the Rangers, 10 – 1, in Game 1 of the ALDS. They chase Cole Hamels in the 4th inning, by which time they are already up, 7 – 0, the big blow being a bases-loaded triple by Troy Tulowitzki. For his part, Marco Estrada is masterful, using a diet of change-ups to keep Texas off the scoreboard until the 9th.