Tribe’s staff aims to remain stingy in Series

CLEVELAND — Every postseason has its inflection points — those hits, those errors, those strikeouts that determine a team’s destiny.

For the Cubs, a significant one occurred in the ninth inning of National League Division Series Game 4, which they entered trailing the Giants by three runs. Had the Cubs lost that game, they would have faced elimination two nights later in Chicago. Instead, one of the NL’s most fearsome offenses ripped off four runs to clinch on enemy soil, one of 10 times in 10 postseason games in which they’ve scored multiple times in an inning.

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Contrast that to the Indians, who have allowed more than one run in an inning exactly once — in the only game they lost. With the degree of difficulty ratcheted up to new heights, Cleveland’s ability to continue holding teams without any crooked numbers may determine its final, and most important, inflection point of October.

“We’ve got to figure out what they do well and what they don’t do well, and try to pitch accordingly,” Indians starter Josh Tomlin said. “But the biggest thing for us is staying with our strengths and understanding what we’re capable of doing, what we’re able to …

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