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Merritt-ing attention: Rookie stymies Jays in debut
- Updated: October 19, 2016
TORONTO — Indians rookie Ryan Merritt, who carried 11 innings of big league experience into Wednesday afternoon’s American League Championship Series Game 5 start against the Blue Jays, hurriedly silenced any doubters. The left-hander allowed just two baserunners in an impressive 4 1/3-inning showing, departing with a 3-0 lead in hand.
Merritt, 24, did not appear the least bit shaken upon taking the bump in front of a rowdy Rogers Centre crowd, quieting the Blue Jays’ faithful early and often.
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After the Indians gave him a 1-0 lead in the top half of the first, Merritt delivered a shutdown inning, inducing a pair of ground balls from two of baseball’s most feared hitters — Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson — before finding …
