Cleveland Indians: Reliving past postseason series against the Yankees

2017 ALDS: New York Yankees edge Cleveland Indians, 3-2

Yet another decade passed before another Indians, Yankees postseason series, coming just three years ago in 2017 for the most recent matchup. Coming off the 2016 World Series appearance, hopes were high for Cleveland and the series began well. However, the Yankees battled back and eventually took the series.

The first game looked promising for the Tribe as they jumped out to a 4-0 win to begin the series. Trevor Bauer tossed 6.2 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts before handing the ball over to Andrew Miller and Cody Allen who locked up the win.

For the third straight postseason series between the teams, Game 2 went into extra innings, seeing the Indians capture a 9-8 win in 13 innings after scoring four in the sixth and one in the eighth to force extras. Francisco Lindor led the way for Cleveland, registering four RBI in the contest.

From there, the tide turned, seeing the Yankees claim the next three games. Game 3 was close with New York edging out a 1-0 thanks to a Greg Bird home run in the eighth inning off of Miller.

The momentum shift proved detrimental for the Tribe as they fell in Game 4 by a score of 7-3 and then Game 5, 5-2.

Advancing, the Yankees lost to the Houston Astros in the ALCS who technically then won the World Series, but there should be a nice, big, bold asterixis next to that title.