Houston scored seven runs on 12 hits, four of them home runs, in a 7-2 win over Cleveland in Minute Maid Park in Game 1 of the Astros and Indians’ ALDS matchup. Indians’ manager Terry Francona talked after the series opening loss about starter Corey Kluber giving up a total of three of the four homers his team allowed.
“I think they made him throw 33, 35 pitches. Just seemed like with his two-seamer, when he left it up, they made him pay. I think they pretty much did that with the whole staff. And when we made a mistake, they had the four home runs, and they showed us they can score runs getting hits also.