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tage and strong starting pitching to take the first games of their respective American League Division Series.Boston fended off a late challenge from the New York Yankees after jumping out to a five-run lead in the first three innings.Houston hit a quartet of home runs http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-giancarlo-stanton-jersey , chased Corey Kluber before the end of the fifth inning and its bullpen threw 3.2 scoreless innings.David Price and Gerrit Cole will be tasked with securing 2-0 leads for their respective sides in an attempt to match the advantages held by the Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League. Saturday ALDS ScheduleGame 2:Cleveland +135 (bet $100 to win $135) at Houston -145 (bet $145 to win $100): 4:37 p.m. ET, TBSGame 2:New York Yankees +110 at Boston -120: 8:15 p.m. ET, TBSOddsvia OddsShark. Indians Need More Production Out of LineupIn their 7-2 to loss to the Houston Astros, the Cleveland Indians recorded three hits, two of which came from the top two hitters in the order.In order to leave Minute Maid Park with a victory, the Indians must receive more production out of their entire order.Jose Ramirez, Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Donaldson combined to go 0-for-11 at the plate and left six runners on base.In contrast, the heart of the Houston order went 4-for-9, drove in two runs and only left three runners on base.Stringing together hits won't be an easy task against Cole, who was 8-2 in 96.1 innings at home in the regular season.G Fiume/Getty ImagesCole is coming off a strong September in which he conceded three runs or fewer in each of his past five starts.Cleveland wasn't the most explosive offense during the stretch run of the regular season, as it only put double digits on the board twice after September 16.The key for the Indians lies at the top of the order, as Francisco Lindor and Michael Brantley must get on base in their first or second at-bat.If that occurs, the power hitters in the Cleveland order should be able to take a few runs off Cole and provide Carlos Carrasco with the necessary run support to get into a rhythm on the mound.However Aaron Judge Jersey , that strategy will be harder to implement on the diamond as Cole turns in a similar performance to Justin Verlander's from Friday.Prediction:Houston 6, Cleveland 3Red Sox Relying On Price to Open Up 2-0 LeadAfter holding on to win Game 1 by way of a gritty bullpen effort, the Boston Red Sox turn to Price to open up a two-game series lead over the New York Yankees.Price has usually been used as a starter in the postseason, but he's also thrown in a variety of relief roles, including two appearances out of the bullpen in the ALDS against the Astros in 2017.Although he won two of his past three regular-season starts, Price wasn't perfect against the Yankees and Baltimore Orioles to close the campaign.Maddie Meyer/Getty ImagesIn his September 19 loss to the Yankees, Price gave up six runs on five hits, and the Boston bullpen went on to concede four more runs.Three of the scoring plays in Price's most recent meeting with the Yankees were home runs. Two of those came off Luke Voit's bat, while Miguel Andujar produced the other.Voit and Aaron Judge were the only two Yankees to record multiple hits in Game 1, and Judge hit a ninth-inning home run off Craig Kimbrel.If Voit and Judge thrive at the plate, it will put more pressure on a Boston lineup that received seven of its eight Game 1 hits from hitters No. 1 through No. 5.The Yankees might have to outhit the Red Sox in Game 2 if they are to achieve success against Price since Alex Cora's team scored at least four runsagainst Masahiro Tanaka in three of the four regular-season meetings with New York's Game 2 starter.Prediction:Boston 7, New York 4 Statistics obtained from Baseball Reference and MLB.com.Follow Joe on Twitter,JTansey90. TORONTO – There is little suspense left in the American League Central race for the Cleveland Indians. It is just a matter of when they make it official.They can move another step closer to a division title Friday night when they play the Toronto Blue Jays in the second game of a four-game series at the Rogers Centre.The Indians will start right-hander Carlos Carrasco (16-8 Gleyber Torres Jersey , 3.52 ERA) while the Blue Jays will send out right-hander Marco Estrada (7-11, 5.43).Article continues below ...The Indians (80-60) reduced their magic number to clinch to seven in the AL Central with a 9-4 win over the Blue Jays (63-77) on Thursday. Any combination of Indians wins or losses by the second-place Minnesota Twins that totals seven or more will clinch a third consecutive division title for Cleveland.“They’ve had some injury issues, but they’ve got a hell of a team, a real good lineup,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “Now they’ve added to that, of course. And they even brought back old Melky (Cabrera), who’s playing pretty well. And they’ve always had good pitching over there. They’ve had to battle to get a couple of their guys healthy, but you’ve got (Corey) Kluber and some other guys. And then their bullpen, they picked up (Andrew) Miller. They’ve added a few pieces over there. They got as good a shot as anybody.”The Indians defeated the Blue Jays in five games in the 2016 American League Championship Series.Both teams made some history on Thursday.Blue Jays first baseman Rowdy Tellez, who had doubled in his first major-league plate appearance Wednesday when used as a pinch hitter, made his first start in the majors at first base Thursday. He continued his double spree with three of them in the game and had an RBI.Tellez became the first player in the live-ball era (starting in 1920) to have an extra-base hit in each of his first three major-league plate appearances. He also became the first player with extra-base hits in four of his first five plate appearances.Not to be outdone, Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor led off the game with his first of two home runs in the game. It was his seventh career leadoff home run of the season, tying Grady Sizemore for the club record. He has eight multi-homer games in his career and six this season. His six multi-homer games out of the leadoff spot this season are the most by any player in major league history.The Indians had 13 hits Thursday while playing without Michael Brantley Tyler Austin Jersey , who sat out with a bruised left foot. It was the result of fouling a ball off the top of the foot during the third inning of the 3-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.“He finished off the game OK, but he got on the flight and it got stiff, so we’ll give him (Thursday off) to kind of let the trainers do their stuff, but he’ll be fine.”Friday will be the second time Carrasco has faced the Blue Jays this season. He did not factor in the decision May 3 at Progressive Field in the first game of the doubleheader, a 13-11 Blue Jays win. He allowed six runs, nine hits and three walks in 5 1/3 innings.His previous start at the Rogers Centre was May 9, 2017, when he pitched seven shutout innings, allowing three hits and striking out seven in Cleveland’s 4-2 win.Carrasco is 3-1 with a 5.60 ERA in seven career outings (six starts) against the Blue Jays. In three games (two starts) at the Rogers Centre, he is 2-0 with a 1.76 ERA. Estrada has struggled recently, partly because of back issues. He is 0-2 with a 15.63 ERA in his past two starts.This will be Estrada’s first start of the season against the Indians. In three career starts against them, he is 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA.