Oct. 7 Terry Francona postgame interview

Q. What can you say about what Kluber gave you today, especially on ten days rest?

TERRY FRANCONA: Yeah, we talked before the game about would he be a little bit rusty or would he be really good. I think he answered that question.

He was terrific. Early in the game it was a little hard for him. He had — they put a sleeve on, and it was a little too tight. So he had to work through that a little bit, which I think made us probably a little more nervous than it made him.

It was so hard to see early, though, that — you know, I think that helped. And then we scored some runs and he settled down. He was terrific. You go through that lineup and don’t give up runs, you’re pitching.

Q. What have you thought about how your guys have handled this stage, especially for the guys that are not exactly postseason veterans?

TERRY FRANCONA: I think everybody is just playing baseball. I think that’s what we know how to do. I think when you start thinking about other things that maybe we’re not so good at, we try to stay away from that and just play the game, and play the game as well as we can and see what happens. Again, it’s more fun when you win, but I don’t see anybody backing down or anything like that. The atmosphere is going to be a little different come Sunday.

Q. It was Corey Kluber’s first postseason appearance, but I imagine he has some …

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