Indians vs Blue Jays Game 3 Highlights ALCS 2016

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Bet MLB win Cash: http://bit.ly/1LR1u48 Mike Napoli and Jason Kipnis have checked in. Should they be making reservations for the World Series? Here's one more question: If the Indians make it to the Fall Classic, will they have enough pitchers to form a starting rotation? Or can they do it with Corey Kluber, Josh Tomlin and a horde of screaming relievers? The Indians beat Toronto, 4-2, Monday night at Rogers Centre to take a 3-0 lead in the American League Championship Series. Corey Kluber, 2-0 in the postseason, will try to complete the sweep Tuesday and put the Indians in their first World Series since 1997 when he faces Aaron Sanchez. If Toronto's Jose Bautista thought there was a conspiracy afoot against the Blue Jays in Games 1 and 2, after what happened Monday night he'll spend the rest of his life looking for the magic bullet. He'll have plenty of company because it's hard to explain how this is happening. The Indians' starting pitcher, Trevor Bauer, was forced to leave the game in the first inning because he was turning the pitching rubber red with his own blood. The 10-stitch cut on Bauer's right pinky finger started bleeding and wouldn't stop. After Toronto manager John Gibbons complained to plate umpire Brian Gorman, the Tribe's infielders, umpires and a trainer gathered on the mound. But Bauer didn't need a trainer, he needed a cut man. The umpires ruled that Bauer had to leave because there was too much blood on the ball. Bauer was felled by one of his own drones Thursday night before the start of the ALCS. When a propeller accidentally turned on, it cut his little finger and just might have knocked him out of the entire postseason. The Indians, however, responded with something they know well: the bullpen game. Dan Otero, Jeff Manship, Zach McAllister, Bryan Shaw, Cody Allen and Andrew Miller followed Bauer to the mound. This might seem like an act of desperation to some teams, but the Indians do it all the time. As Chris Antonetti, president of baseball operations, said before the postseason started, "No team's bullpen is more prepared for a bullpen game than ours." The Indians have been compensating for the loss of starters Danny Salazar and Carlos Carrasco since September. Four times during the regular season, the bullpen was required to throw eight or more innings. That included the Tribe's 19-inning win over the Blue Jays on July 1. In those four games, the Indians went 3-1 with a 1.09 ERA. On Monday, the bullpen worked the final 8 1/3 innings. It allowed two runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts. Miller, the Tribe's version of The Monster Mash, pitched the final 1 1/3 innings for the save. Miller struck out three to give him 20 in nine innings this postseason. In his postseason career, he has not allowed a run in 17 1/3 innings. The win went to Bryan Shaw, who pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings. He struck out two. It helped, of course, that Napoli, Kipnis and Jose Ramirez picked a good time to emerge from slumps, both long and short. Napoli, 15-for-111 since Sept. 1, doubled home a run in the first off Marcus Stroman for a 1-0 lead. He followed with a leadoff homer in the fourth for a 2-1 lead. In the sixth, he walked, moved to second on wild pitch and scored on Ramirez's single for a 4-2 lead. The homer was Napoli's first since Sept. 12. Kipnis, who had a fine ALDS, was 0-for-9 in the ALCS before he homered off Stroman to start the sixth for a 3-2 lead. It was his second homer of the postseason. Ramirez hit .500 in the ALDS, but was 0-for-8 in the ALCS before he singled to right to score Napoli in the sixth. The Indians have won six straight games this postseason. It is the longest playoff streak in franchise history. They've won nine straight, including their last three games of the regular season. It's their longest winning streak of the season since they set a franchise record with 14 straight wins from June 17 through July 1. Twitter: http://bit.ly/1S4yYBj Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1i6EyX0 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_knockouts2sleep.com_/