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Stats of the Day: Newbies comfy on big stage
- Updated: October 7, 2016
Here are three interesting items from Game 1 of the American League Division Series …
• Postseason newcomers dominated at the plate as the Indians took Game 1 of their ALDS against the Red Sox, 5-4. (Game 2: Friday at 4:30 p.m. ET, TBS). Three Red Sox — Andrew Benintendi, Sandy Leon and Brock Holt — homered in their postseason debut. Two Indians — Roberto Perez and Francisco Lindor — did as well. This contest marked the first in postseason history to see five players homer in their first postseason game. Two previous contests had seen four players do it: Game 1 of the 1995 ALDS between the Red Sox and Indians and Game 1 of the 2007 …
