Indians surprise with World Series run
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CARLOS Santana and Coco Crisp homered, rookie Ryan Merritt allowed two hits in 4 1/3 innings and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 on Wednesday to win the American League Championship Series in five games.
The Indians will play with the Los Angeles Dodgers or the Chicago Cubs in the World Series, which opens on Tuesday in Cleveland. Chicago thumped the Dodgers 10-2 on Wednesday night, tying the series 2-2.
Merritt was making his postseason debut and his second start in five major-league appearances. The left-hander allowed no walks and no runs while striking out three before the Indians bullpen took over.
Toronto starter Marco Estrada (1-2) allowed five hits, including two solo home runs, and three runs (two earned) in six innings. The right-hander struck out seven.
The Indians took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a two-out single by Francisco Lindor, who had three hits in the game, and a double by Mike Napoli. Left fielder Ezequiel Carrera was charged with an error when he mishandled the ball on the carom off the wall, so the run was scored as unearned with no RBI awarded. Santana hit his second homer of the postseason on a 1-0 pitch with one out in the third and Cleveland led 2-0.
Meanwhile, Merritt needed only 31 pitches in setting down nine straight hitters over the first three innings. He finished with 49 pitches — 33 for strikes. Crisp hit his second homer of the postseason on a drive to right with two out in the fourth to give the Indians a three-run lead.
Jose Bautista singled with one out in the sixth and Andrew Miller replaced Bryan Shaw. The left-hander’s first batter, Josh Donaldson, grounded to shortstop for the inning-ending double play and Miller set the Blue Jays down in order in the bottom of the seventh inning.
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