The 2012 ALDS can be found here.
The 2012 ALCS can be found here.
The Indians rolled into Citizens Bank Park to face the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2012 World Series. Earlier in the year the National League had won their first All-Star game that "counted" for home field advantage in the World Series. The Indians were just happy to have finally made it to the World Series for the first time in 15 years in search of their first championship since 1948.
The Lineups:
Cleveland
LF- Michael Brantley
CF- Grady Sizemore
C- Carlos Santana
1B- Matt LaPorta
RF- Shin-Soo Choo
DH- Manny Ramirez (R)/ Nick Weglarz (L) [at Cleveland only]
SS- Asdrubal Cabrera
3B- Lonnie Chisenhall
2B- Luis Valbuena (L)/ Jason Donald (R)
Philadelphia:
SS- Jimmy Rollins
RF- Dominic Brown
2B- Chase Utley
1B- Ryan Howard
3B- Adrian Beltre
CF- Shane Victorino
DH- Ben Francisco [at Cleveland only]
LF- Michael Taylor
C- Carlos Ruiz
Game 1:
Hector Rondon faced Cole Hamels in a struggle of aces. Both established a quick tempo against the respective lineups. With the game scoreless in the 4th, Carlos Santana roped a solo home run to give the tribe an early advantage. Both aces battled through the middle innings keeping the score constant at 1-0 going into the 8th. In the top of the 8th JA Happ relieved Hamels after the starter walked Matt LaPorta to start the inning and pinch hitter Manny Ramirez doubled putting runners at 2nd and 3rd. Asdrubal Cabrera nailed Happ's first offering into the stands to give the tribe a 4-0 advantage that they would not yield.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CLE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 = 4 8 1
PHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 1 7 1
Notables:
CLE Asdrubal Cabrera 1-4 3-run HR
PHI Ben Francisco 2-4 2 2B, RBI
Game 2: (CLE 1-0)
Carlos Carrasco faced the man he was traded for, Cliff Lee. The Indians got to Lee early and often. Matt LaPorta cracked a grand slam in the 1st and Lonnie Chisenhall added a solo homer in the 2nd to give the Indians a quick 5-0 advantage. Lee was done after 4 after he gave up a pair of RBI doubles to Matt LaPorta and Shin Soo Choo to stretch the Indians' lead to 7-1. Carrasco was erratic at times and surrendered 5 walks, but he struggled through 6 innings giving up only 2 runs. The Indians cruised to a 10-4 victory.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CLE 4 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 = 10 15 0
PHI 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 = 4 7 1
Notables:
Matt LaPorta 2-3, HR, 2B, 5 RBI, 2BB
Michael Taylor 2-4 2RBI
Game 3: (CLE 2-0)
A pair of young guns faced off in Game 3 at Progressive Field with lefty TJ House facing righty Kyle Drabek. The Indians jumped out to an early lead with Brantley lining the first pitch he saw into the gap to start the first and Grady Sizemore depositing a 2-1 fastball into the visitors dugout to give the tribe a 2-0 lead. Ryan Howard jacked a TJ House offering into "Pronkville" to tie the game at 2 in the fourth. The teams traded jabs and game stood tied 4-4 heading into the seventh. After a one out walk to Jimmy Rollins, Manny Acta called on Nick Hagadone to hold the lead in the 7th. Rollins swiped second on Hagadone's first pitch and the flame-throwing lefty fell behind Brown 3-1. Brown cracked the next pitch into the left field corner and Rollins scored. Brown got gunned down trying to stretch the double into a triple. 5-4 Philadelphia mid 7th. In relief of Drabek, Joe Blanton hung a breaking pitch that Matt LaPorta drilled off the left center wall. JA Happ did not do much better yielding consecutive singles to Shin-Soo Choo and pinch hitter Manny Ramirez. With runners on the corners and the game tied Charlie Manuel, who'd survived his 3rd heart attack in August, called on closer Ryan Madson to preserve the tie. He failed and Asdrubal Cabrera hit a sac fly to score Choo.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PHI 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 = 5 7 0
CLE 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 = 6 9 1
Notables:
CLE: Grady Sizemore 1-4 3RBI
PHI: Ryan Howard 2-4 2HR, 2RBI
Game 4: (CLE 3-0)
One game. One game. Those are the words that resonated through the brains of Cleveland Indians fans. The Indians now had four shots at the championship, but after a promising start to the game things turned sour for the Erie Warriors. Justin Masterson retired the Phillies on 8 pitches in the top of the 1st. Carlos Santana lined a single that scored Michael Brantley in the bottom of the first, but rounding 1st base Santana's left knee buckled and he collapsed to the ground in obvious pain. Lou Marson replaced Santana, but the oxygen was sucked out of Progressive Field and the Indians fell 5-1.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PHI 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 = 5 12 0
CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 6 1
Notables:
CLE Justin Masterson 6.0 IP 8H, 4ER, BB, 4K's
PHI Cole Hamels CG, 6H, ER, 10K's
Game 5 (CLE 3-1)
In their last chance to bring home a championship on their home field, the Indians received the devastating news that Carlos Santana would be out for Game 5 and likely the rest of the series. The heart of the Indians who'd hit .317 with 28 HR and 113 RBI watched from the dugout as Chase Utley racked up 6RBI and Cliff Lee tossed a gem in an easy 9-2 Phillies victory. Manny Acta, irate at a bang-bang call at first, was ejected in the 8th and the Indians looked listless and soulless throughout.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PHI 3 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 = 9 16 1
CLE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 2 7 0
Notables:
Hector Rondon 3IP+ 10H, 7ER, BB, 2K's
Chase Utley 4-5 3 2B, 6RBI
Game 6 (CLE 3-2)
A shocked and dejected Indians team boarded the team plane and headed to Philadelphia. The momentum had shifted to the Phillies and the Indians were left to regroup and wonder if Cleveland was forever doomed to failure. The team looked hopelessly splintered and step-up man Zach Putnam did not make the flight to Philadelphia after he got in a bar fight with a Phillies fan after Game 5.
Grady Sizemore stood up in the locker room before the game and simply stated: "It's time to nut up or shut up." It was as if the haze of the previous few miserable days had been lifted and the team took the field behind Carlos Carrasco. After the Indians were retired in the top of the 1st without scoring, a focused Carrasco struck out the side of Phillies utilizing his devastating changeup. Drabek and Carrasco dueled through the next 4 innings and the game remained scoreless. Carrasco appeared calm and composed on the mound working off of an excellent fastball, curveball, changeup combination. Carrasco singled to start the top of the 6th and came around to score on a Grady Sizemore double to give the tribe a 1-0 advantage. Carrasco cruised through the bottom of the sixth, but after the tribe came up empty in the top of the 7th Ryan Howard blasted a towering solo homer to tie the game. Sensing trouble Manny Acta sprinted out to the mound and got Alex White up in the bullpen. Carrasco reassured Acta and knucked down to retire the next three guys in a row. The score was tied at 1 after 7 innings. Nobody scored in the 8th. To start the 9th Matt LaPorta doubled off reliever JA Happ, but the left handed reliever got Choo and Chisenhall to ground out before he surrendered a walk to Jason Donald. Instead of Lou Marson, Carlos Santana limped out to the plate. Ryan Madson relieved Happ. Madson attacked him, getting ahead 1-2 before Santana watched two balls outside to make the count full. Madson jammed Santana inside on the next pitch, who blooped it into right center field over the head of Chase Utley for a single. Pinch runner Luis Valbuena raced around third and beat the throw home, 2-1 Indians. Manny Acta called to the pen for the bottom of the 9th and summoned All-Star Chris Perez. The closer got Jimmy Rollins to ground out to start the inning and Dominic Brown went down on strikes, but Chase Utley singled to give the Phillies a glimmer of home. Ryan Howard took a rip at Perez's first pitch and sent a high towering fly ball about 95 feet into Asdrubal Cabrera's outstretched glove. THE INDIANS WIN IT, OH MY GOD, THE INDIANS WIN IT!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CLE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 = 2 7 0
PHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 1 5 1
Notables:
Carlos Carrasco 8.0IP, 4H, ER, 2BB, 11K's
Ryan Howard 1-4 HR, RBI
World Series MVP: Carlos Carrasco 2-0 14.0IP, 9H, 3ER, 7BB, 18K's
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