Fielding Failures plague Wahoo's in Game 4 Loss.

Photo Courtesy Cleveland Plain Dealer

The Cleveland Indians were the American League's best fielding team, but on Monday night, they sure didn't show with four errors and six unearned runs in game four of the ALDS against the New York Yankees.
Those results went a long way towards Cleveland's 7-3 loss and a tied series with the game five that will decide the series Wednesday night in Cleveland.
The pitchers will be a rematch of game two with Corey Kluber for Cleveland and CC Sabathia for New York.
Carlos Santana hit a two-run homer and Roberto Perez smacked a solo shot to account for all of Cleveland's runs.

Smoke Signals

1) On the surface, Trevor Bauer would appear to have pitched in bad luck in his less than two-inning start.
All four of Bauer's runs allowed were unearned, but some of the damage was of his own making.
With one on and one run scored, Bauer still had two out and just needed to retire Aaron Hicks.
Bauer couldn't and after the Hicks single both Brett Gardner and Aaron Judge smacked base hits and the game was 4-0.

2) The crowd in Yankee Stadium was loud and I was surprised about how it was so loud on the television.
I only watched a little bit with sound (I was doing Fightheads at the time, so the TV was on mute), but the stadium was very loud-Cleveland can hopefully match that environment on Wednesday.

3) The game started in a hard rain that died off as the game moved on, but I was surprised that the game started under those conditions.
I know there are other things involved in these decisions, but I thought that a short delay might have been a good idea...

4) Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez have got to get their bats started and hopefully on Wednesday.
Lindor did hit the huge homer in game two, but even figuring that in, Lindor is hitting .091 for the series and Ramirez is flailing away with little plate patience with his .118 average.
It'll be fingers crossed that those key players pick it up back in Cleveland.

5) Giovanni Urshela's value is for his defense and his two errors make you wonder, if on Wednesday for game five, the Indians might consider Jason Kipnis at second, Jose Ramirez at third and maybe Austin Jackson in center or maybe a real gamble with rookie Greg Allen.

6) How will the Indians react for game five?
I do know how the star-crossed Indians fans are looking at things.
Worrying about did the long winning streak mean that the Indians peaked too soon?
Closing windows, etc and more-almost anything other than a one-game series.
I have some feelings about the wild card to begin with, let's hope that a win Wednesday will not lead to a whiny post from me after the game about hating the wild card!
Go Tribe.