When Andrew Miller entered the game in the seventh inning, he faced the highest leverage situation possible: bases loaded and nobody out. The Indians did have a 3-0 lead, which helped a bit, and he was facing the bottom of the Baltimore order. But even so, one hit could have flipped the score. What we didn’t know at the time was that Cody Allen was unavailable tonight, so Terry Francona was choosing to use his sole big gun with nine outs to go in a close game.
Hold that moment in your head while I provide a bit more background.