Four Reasons to Have Faith That the Indians Will Win Game Five of the ALDS Tonight

The Indians and Yankees will play in game five of the ALDS tonight at Progressive Field, a game that is 'Do or Die' for both teams, a game will allow one team

The Indians and Yankees will play in game five of the ALDS tonight at Progressive Field, a game that is 'Do or Die' for both teams, a game will allow one team to move on to the ALCS, and the other to start their offseason plans.

The Tribe according to Vegas is a heavy favorite, and for good reason. They won 102 games in 2017, and even after losing the two games in New York, the team will have their ace on the mound, a pitcher that is surly going to be the Cy Young award winner in Corey Kluber.

Of course as we saw Friday night, it just takes a fast start for the Yankees to get Kluber of the game, and hopefully tonight will be another story.

Here's four reasons to have optisim for the Indians to take home a win in game five at home against the Yankees.

1. Kluber

Friday night Kluber was up for six earned runs in just 2.2 innings in Game 2 of the AL Division Series against the Yankees, but the Indians were able to rally for a 13-inning win to take a 2-0 series lead.

If he pitches like that again tonight, the team might as well make their offseason plans, because they need a good night from their ace if they are going to win.

When asked what went wrong - Kluber was quick to point out his mistakes on Friday.

"I didn't pitch well, didn't have good command, didn't throw the ball where I wanted to. So that's kind of what it boils down to," Kluber said."

You'd have to go back to May of last year the last time Kluber had two sub-par starts, one against the Astros when he threw just 2.2 innings, and the following outing against the Twins he went just 6.2 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits.

Expect him to have much better command against the Yankees, and for him to be able to give the team no less than six innings, helping the Indians to get a win.

2. Jumping on C.C.

The Indians fell behind early 2-0 against the Yanks on Friday after a Gary Sanchez homer, but rallied right away against C.C. Sabathia on Friday for two runs, and even took a 3-2 lead at one point before the Yankees built an 8-3 lead.

It's fairly obvious that the Indians need to get to Sabathia early in this one, and with the home crowd at a fever pitch early, the team should be able to knock in a run or two and get off to a quick start.

It's the formula that won them 22 in a row, and should serve them well again tonight. A quick lead should equal a win.

3. Home Field

The Indians were very good at home over the last few months, and home cooking came back on Friday as they came back from an 8-3 deficit. The crowd in New York was insane, and you could feel the home field, something the Indians need tonight to give them a little momentum.

Expect the fans to give this team a huge lift, one that should help out Kluber, as well as an offense that was shutout in New York in game three and fell behind early in game four.

The fans on twitter have been imploring each other not to sell tickets (if they are doing that) to Yankees fans, and while there's no getting away from a scattering of a few Yankees fans, the Indians should clearly have a great lift with the fans at Progressive Field tonight.

4. Much Better D

The Indians were clumsy all night in game four, and committed four errors, one of which opened the door early for the Yanks to take a 2-0 lead and eventually drive Trevor Bauer out of the game.

Don't expect to see the Tribe boot the ball around on Wednesday night, they should play a much more clean game, and hopefully their nerves don't get the most of them as they play an all or nothing game.

They have to put the issues of games three and four behind them, and get their confidence level back to when they were winners in game one and even game two.

The team should have the advantage at home when it comes to a comfort level, and look for the defense to play much better.