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The Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros benefited from home-field advantage 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 Josh Harrison 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, 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 http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-gregory-polanco-jersey , 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. The Colorado Rockies are in a much different place than the last time they visited Angel Stadium.When the Rockies open a two-game interleague series against the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night, they�ll be one game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks for first place in National League West and a game behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the second NL wild card.Colorado (71-59) had moved into a tie for first in the NL West with a 9-1 win over visiting St. Louis on Saturday night but lost 12-3 to the Cardinals on Sunday.Article continues below ...Arizona, meanwhile http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-jung-ho-kang-jersey , bounced back from losses to Seattle on Friday and Saturday to beat the Mariners on Sunday and regain their one-game lead. The Los Angeles Dodgers are 2 1/2 games behind Arizona.�Once we start the game, we�re just trying to win and not worry about anybody else, but it�s hard not to look at the scoreboard,� Colorado second baseman DJ LeMahieu told reporters after Sunday�s loss.The last time the Rockies visited Anaheim was May 12-13, 2015. They lost both games to extend their losing streak to 11 games, which would match their longest since a 13-game skid in 1993.It�s a different story this time around.The Angels (63-68) are trying to avoid losing a season-high seven straight games, and they�ve dropped eight of their past nine overall to fall a season-low five games below .500.Colorado shortstop Trevor Story told reporters on Sunday that the Rockies won�t be taking anyone lightly.�Every game matters,� he said. �That�s fun. That�s exciting. That�s why we play, so we want to be the last team standing.�Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado is an Orange County native who grew up about 18 miles south of Angel Stadium. He made his only two appearances in Anaheim three years ago, going 2-for-8 in the series with a double.Arenado is hitting .333 in August with three home runs and 11 RBIs, raising his season totals to .311 with 31 home runs and 90 RBIs. By comparison, Angels center fielder Mike Trout, who has played 11 less games than Arenado, is hitting .311 with 30 home runs and 60 RBIs.Colorado right-hander Jon Gray is scheduled to start the series opener.Since his last loss on June 12 against the Philadelphia Phillies Francisco Cervelli Jersey , Gray is 4-0 in 10 starts with a 3.48 ERA. Colorado�s offense has averaged 6.6 runs in those 10 starts.Gray (10-7, 4.67 ERA) made his only career appearance against the Angels on May 8 in Denver, shutting them out for seven innings and allowing four hits in the 4-2 win.The Angels are scheduled to start Odrisamer Despaigne (2-2, 6.35), a journeyman right-hander who has mostly pitched out of the bullpen in his career. Los Angeles was able to get six innings out of converted reliever Felix Pena in Sunday�s 3-1 loss to the Astros, allowing manager Mike Scioscia to rest some of his taxed relievers.�We�ve got nine (relievers) down there now, so you�ve kind of got depth in numbers,� he said. �We�re going to need all of them.�Despaigne is 3-0 with a 2.01 ERA in seven career appearances against Colorado, including three starts. He last faced the Rockies on Sept. 25 as a member of the Miami Marlins, allowing two runs in six innings of a 5-4 victory.