TORONTO – Jonathan Lucroy didn't want to come. Yan Gomes was all in, but couldn't stay healthy.
Which left the Indians at playoff time with Roberto Perez as their starting catcher. Perez, who played just 61 games during the regular season because of a broken right thumb that needed surgery, has caught every inning of the Tribe's eight postseason games and things couldn't have gone much better.
Tribe pitchers are headed to the World Series at 7-1 with a 1.77 ERA (14 earned runs in 71 innings) and six saves in seven chances.