Here comes more pain for the the Cubs

Bottom of the 6th — Andrew Miller warming up in the bullpen for the Indians. If he performs as well in this game as he did in the regular season this is going to be a tough end of the game.

Amazing Performance By Miller Under Intense Pressure

Miller enters the game with a 3 run lead gets and himself into and out of a bind. This is the first graph where we surface pressure v. execution.

Game 2 — Who Will Show Up?

tldr; Game 1 was awesome. Game 2 could be head to head lock if both pitchers bring their “A” games, if Bauer gets rattled the Cubs may tie this up.

Game 1 was a pitching masterpiece for the Indians, Kluber and Miller were both stellar in terms of location…

Hendricks : Making Pitches When He Has to

Guess who is 6th in MLB for first pitch strikes? Henrdicks, however, tonight he is a bit off his stuff, but has not yet paid the price. As I type he escaped another jam in the 4th with strike a out on 3–2.

Post-Season Drill Down Kluber vs. Lester

Here is a break down of each at-bat for Kluber and Lester from the post season. You can really see just how good both of these guys are at controlling count.