I would think that if a team’s catchers go five for sixteen with four walks, a double, and a home run in a short series, the superstars on the team probably got enough extra support to put them over the top. That did not happen with the Indians. Francisco Lindor, Jose Ramirez, Jason Kipnis, and the DH combo of Edwin Encarnacion and Michael Brantley went in the tank. The Yankees pitchers might have done a good job attacking the weaknesses of the Indians batters, but it could also be a simple regression to the mean after a six week torrid stretch by Cleveland.
Note that the Yankees superstars didn’t exactly cover themselves in glory, either, although we might start moving Gregorius into that category. Seven of the 13 Yankees extra-base hits came with men on base, while the Indians only produced eight extra base hits in total (four did come with men on).
The Yankees got on base a little more, hit for more power, and were able to time those extra-base hits well. The also took advantage of Indians miscues as one third of the runs the Yankees scored were unearned. It was a very close series.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2yjiFiD
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