Three years ago, the current state of the Indians and Yankees were the same, but swapped — it was the Tribe who were one win away from advancing to the next round. With the first two games down, all the Indians had to do was win one of the next three and they would be off to the ALCS and a chance at their second World Series in two years.
That didn’t happen, of course, primarily because of the matchup we will be seeing tonight: Carlos Carrasco vs. Masahiro Tanaka.
Both pitchers were brilliant in Game 4 of the 2017 ALDS, but Andrew Miller allowed a run in relief (something he rarely did that year), and the Indians lost in heartbreaking fashion, 1-0.