The Yanks tied up the series thanks to three homers (two by Gary Sanchez) and a great start by Tanaka.
As for the Indians …they can’t wait to get to Cleveland. Remember yesterday when they went 3-for-30? Well they went 3-for-30 again today. It’s easy to calculate their batting average. It’s exactly .100, a buck even, the ol’ George Washington, the dreaded half Mendoza. They have managed to turn the Astros pitching staff into the 1907 Cubs.
(The Cubs had an ERA of 1.73 that year. That is the modern record. The second best is the 1909 Cubs at 1.74, followed by the 1906 Cubs at 1.76. The 1908 Club really slumped, limping in at a lame 2.14. That was quite a pitching staff, headed by Three-Finger Brown!)
Between the half-Mendoza “hitting” and Tito’s mirror image brain cramps on successive days (not pulling the Klubot, pulling Cookie), the series has not necessarily developed to the Tribe’s advantage.