That was clear to anyone watching the five-game series as Cleveland picked apart the Jays in almost identical fashion in their four victories. Josh Donaldson was succinct in his assessment of the Blue Jays’ American League Championship Series loss to Cleveland: “They were better than us.”“They couldn’t hit breaking balls,” Cleveland catcher Roberto Perez told Yahoo! But as it turned out, the Indians beat the Jays at their own game. Cleveland outscored Toronto 12-8 in the five-game series — the lowest scoring ALCS of all-time — and out-homered the Jays 6-2. For all the talk of the Jays needing to play more small ball, Cleveland won it with the long ball.

Source: thestar October 20, 2016 20:04 UTC