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Millennial Merritt puts the boots to veteran Bautista

Ryan Merritt's boots remained steady in Game 5 of the ALCS between the Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays.

Jays slugger's 'shaking in his boots' comment comes back to haunt him

Cleveland Indians' Ryan Merritt remained unshaken in his boots in Game 5 of the ALCS against the Toronto Blue Jays. (@Indians / Twitter)

Clevelandstarting pitcherRyan Merritt's boots remained steady in Game 5 of the ALCSagainst theToronto Blue Jays.

Prior to Wednesday night's game, Jose Bautistachallenged the 24-year-old rookie,saying"he's going to be shaking in his boots."

Bautista'scomments quickly came back to haunt him as the rookie went1-2-3 in the firstinning against Bautista, JoshDonaldson and EdwinEncarnacion.

First round to Merritt:




Not a great way for Bautista, who turned 36 Wednesday,to spend a birthday.

Considerate as ever, the 24-year-old pitcher had a present in mind for Joey Bats: throwing mesmerizing stuff that didn't go over 90 mph.



The kid remained cool throughout the game and proved that Bautista's trash talk only fuelled his fire. Fans took every opportunity to make reference to Merritt and his unshaken boots.




If you haven't been following Cleveland'sTwitter account throughout the ALCS, you've been missing out. It only took the team moments to capitalize on Bautista's comment:


Bautista was unable to connect on any ofMerritt's pitches.


Merritt'steammates put their best foot forward and stepped up to support their pitcher.




And with Cleveland's Game 5 win,Merritt's boots will nowbe walking all theway to the World Series.