Boxscore Breakdown #106: Here we go again – Indians 2, Angels 0

So we’re doing this again, huh? I thought the whole “Angels can’t score to save their life” phase had already come and gone. Nope, that outburst against Kluber looks like it is going to be an aberration and we are back to the bad old days of “Mike Trout and eight automatic outs.” It comes at a perfect time, too. The Astros are infused with talent and the Blue Jays have their own import of star players and are using them to chase down the Halos, too. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go lock my self in a dark room and breath into a paper bag.

Indians 2, Angels 0

Run Expectancy Rundown
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Starting Pitcher Scores
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1bVhyJoPDXaLCy11z5HOEldEq_fuFQSIoIkacNuYyXIg/pubchart” query=”oid=161400381&format=interactive” width=”584″ height=”293″ /] Matt Shoemaker had a great line, but he really had to work for it. The ten strikeout were impressive, but they were the end result of a lot of battles versus hitters instead of mowing them down like Richards did the game before. Speaking of mowing down hitters, that’s precisely what Carlos Carrasco did. I was actually kind of disappointed that Francona didn’t send him out to pitch the tenth inning because he clearly could have and that would’ve been pretty cool.

Bullpen Battle
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Game Flow
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Halo A-Hole

Closer of the future… a dark, dystopian future in which all relief pitchers have perished due to an unexplained disease, every reliever but Bedrosian, that is.