The Cleveland Indians ran into a buzzsaw named Aaron Sanchez in Tuesday’s Game Four of the American League Championship Series. Sanchez tossed six innings of one-run, two-hit ball as the Toronto Blue Jays won 5-1 to stave off elimination.
Given the lack of offensive production from Cleveland, and the commanding 3-1 lead the club still holds in the series, it’s easy to write the loss off as just one of those games that every team has. Playoffs or not, no team is likely to rip off the 11 wins in a row (for non-Wild Card teams) needed to win the World Series, and as much as the Indians have defied the odds this season, they are not the exception.