The Seattle Mariners lead the ALCS three games to two over Toronto. They’ve also out-homered the Blue Jays 11-7 so far in the series. A total of 18 balls have left the field in five games, but you wouldn’t really know that if you listened to the broadcast. It seems the only thing the Jays can do is shorten up and put the ball in play, and the only talent Seattle has is in their pitching.

The Dodgers, of course, brushed the Brewers aside in the NLCS, and while the story of that series really does revolve around LA’s pitching, they still out-slugged Milwaukee 6-1. Indeed, those scrappy Brewers might have been better served by a couple more balls leaving the stadium — none of their four losses were exactly blowouts, but they managed just a single run in all of them.

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