CLEVELAND – Maybe there will be a time later in Francisco Lindor’s career when he will develop some kind of choreography for when he hits a home run. Perhaps he’ll raise an arm like Edwin Encarnacion or give the double-barreled point to the sky like David Ortiz. Maybe he’ll keep it simple and trot steadily like Hank Aaron, elbows raised high.

But for now, at age 22, Lindor’s response to home runs is an eruption of joy.

“The whole world turns into a trampoline,” teammate Jason Kipnis said.

When Lindor homered against the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the Indians’ division series -- the third homer in the same inning for Cleveland -- Lindor became a finger-painting of emotion.

On Friday night, in the first game of American League Championship Series, Lindor belted a 76 mph changeup from Marco Estrada on an 0-2 count -- one of the only mistakes Estrada made in an exceptional outing -- and launched the baseball high over the wall in right-center field.

Lindor had thought outfielder Kevin Pillar would catch the ball, but as he neared first base, he saw the ball clear the wall. Lindor raised his right arm and punched at the air happily, shifting into a lower speed only slightly as he continued racing around the bases. He yelled, thrust both arms downward, bounced off second base and looked into the Cleveland dugout, and as he turned at third base, loudly hailed by the sellout crowd at Progressive Field, Lindor looked into the Indians’ dugout and saluted his teammates. (You can see it here.) Afterward, he grinned as he acknowledged he had no clear idea of exactly what he had done circling the bases.

“I looked at the dugout and everybody was going insane,” he said. “And the crowd today, unreal. I just tried to go with the flow. I celebrated like [it was] a walk-off.”

“He’s like a kid,” teammate Roberto Perez said later, and as he talked about his teammate’s emotion, Perez chuckled through his words, smiling, infected by Lindor’s pure baseball bliss.

Here’s Lindor’s interview right after Game 1. Lindor had an October breakthrough, Jerry Crasnick writes.

Corey Kluber was dominant in this game, as Tyler Kepner writes.

Jays catcher Russell Martin after the game about Kluber’s breaking ball: “Like a wiffle ball. That’s the first time I’ve seen him that sharp; I’ve never seen him that sharp.”

From Elias Sports Bureau: Kluber is just the fifth pitcher to begin his postseason career with back-to-back starts with at least six innings pitched and zero runs allowed.

Kluber shouldn’t get all the credit for shutting out Toronto, as Cleveland was also aided by Andrew Miller, who retired five of six batters he faced by strikeout. He now has 12 strikeouts this postseason, already tied for the second most by a reliever in Indians history.

Miller’s career in the postseason: 49 batters faced, four hits, three walks, no runs, 22 strikeouts.

Here’s manager Terry Francona right after Game 1, on Kluber, Miller and Lindor.

Notes from Game 1 of the ALCS, from ESPN Stats & Information:

Francisco Lindor’s homer was the Indians’ first postseason go-ahead home run in the sixth inning or later since Kenny Lofton in ALDS Game 3 in 1998.

Lindor joins Corey Seager this season and Carlos Correa last year as the only shortstops with multiple homers in a single postseason before turning 23.

Estrada became the second Blue Jays pitcher to record a complete-game loss in a postseason game (Jack Morris - 1992 ALCS Game 1).

Blue Jays: 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position. They were 11-23 entering this series.

Game 2 look-ahead, from ESPN Stats & Information:

Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ

His ERA has improved every year since 2011, falling from 5.35 all the way to 3.18. This season, he relied more on his fastball than he had in any other season over that span, throwing the pitch 74 percent of the time.

His .227 batting average allowed against his fastball was the seventh lowest among 74 qualified pitchers this season and second lowest among lefties.

Cleveland ranked 23rd in baseball against the fastball, hitting .271. The hitter best equipped to face Happ on the Indians is Kipnis, who hit .369 against fastballs from lefties in the regular season.

Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin

He isn’t known for having high-velocity stuff. His fastball averaged the fifth lowest among qualified pitchers this season at 87.7 mph.

The Blue Jays struggled with low-velocity heaters, hitting a league-low .257 against fastballs thrown at less than 90 mph. The next-lowest team, the Phillies, hit .283 against such pitches, with the league average at .309.

One key stat

The Indians have an OPS of .946 in the first three innings of games this postseason, jumping out to early leads, as the team has not trailed at any point after the third inning so far in the playoffs.

Did you know?

The Blue Jays have had six pitchers reach the 20-win plateau, but only Happ and Jack Morris reached the postseason. When Jack Morris won 20 games in 1992, the Blue Jays won the World Series.