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DYK: Facts and figures from ALCS Game 5
- Updated: October 20, 2016
The Indians punched their ticket to the World Series on Wednesday with a 3-0 win over the Blue Jays in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series in Toronto. The Tribe has won seven of its first eight playoff games — sweeping the Red Sox in the AL Division Series before besting the Jays in five games — and is now advancing to the World Series for the sixth time in franchise history.
It’s Cleveland’s first appearance in the Fall Classic since 1997, when it lost to the Marlins in seven games. The Tribe hasn’t won the World Series since 1948, a 67-year title drought. If not for the Cubs, the Indians would own the longest title drought in the Major Leagues. Cleveland is 2-3 in its five World Series appearances.
Game Date Matchup TV/Highlights Gm 1 Oct. 14 CLE 2, TOR 0 Gm 2 Oct. 15 CLE 2, TOR 1 Gm 3 Oct. 17 CLE 4, TOR 2 Gm 4 Oct. 18 TOR 5, CLE 1 Gm 5 Oct. 19 CLE 3, TOR 0 • ALCS coverageShop for postseason gear: Blue Jays | Indians
Here’s a look at some facts and figures from Cleveland’s clinching win:
• World Series Game 1: Tuesday on FOX
• This is the first time the Indians clinched a best-of-seven postseason series in Game 5. Before Wednesday, they had led 3-1 in a best-of-seven series three times in franchise history, and lost Game 5 each time.
• The Blue Jays fell in the ALCS for the second straight year. They haven’t made the World Series since 1993, when they won the second of back-to-back titles.
• Until they beat the Blue Jays in Game 5, the Indians were 2-11 in their past 13 potential clinching games in the postseason. Toronto, on the other hand, had been 6-1 in elimination games over the past two seasons.
• With 2 2/3 innings in Game 5, Indians left-hander Andrew Miller pitched in all four wins in the ALCS. Miller continued his postseason brilliance — he’s now thrown 11 2/3 scoreless innings this postseason, with only five hits and two walks allowed and 21 strikeouts.
• Miller won the ALCS MVP Award after 7 2/3 scoreless innings with 14 strikeouts against Toronto. He became the first relief pitcher to win an LCS Most Valuable Player honor since the Red Sox’s Koji Uehara in 2013. Miller is just the sixth reliever to win MVP of an LCS, joining Dennis Eckersley (1988), Rob Dibble and Randy Myers (co-MVPs in 1990), Mariano Rivera (2003) and Uehara.
• Going back to the regular season, the …
