By turning to the movie “Major League,” of course. It’s the most quotable baseball movie ever — well, tied with “Bull Durham” — and some of those quotes seemed a bit prophetic Tuesday night. 

(Some level of imagination might be necessary. This isn’t hard-hitting analysis.)

Major League quote/situation: “Ball Four. Ball Eight. Ball 12, and Vaughn has walked the bases loaded.” Announcer Harry Doyle (Bob Uecker), calling Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn’s struggles with his command. 

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Lester’s nightmare: Well, not exactly three walks in a row, but Lester did walk back-to-back Cleveland hitters (Mike Napoli and Carlos Santana) after Francisco Lindor singled with two outs in the first, and those walks loaded the bases. 

Major League quote/situation: “You really knocked the crap out of that one.” After Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes) reached on an accidental check-swing single, Yankees first baseman Clu Haywood (played by former MLB pitcher Pete Vukovich) taunted him on the bases.

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Lester’s nightmare: With those bases loaded after the two walks, Cleveland third baseman Jose Ramirez took a full swing and barely made contact. The ball rolled down the third-base line. Lester had no chance to get there. Kris Bryant was too far back, and Ramirez had an infield RBI single. Cleveland led, 1-0.

Major League quote: “Let’s see how he reacts.” After Vaughn gave up a long home run to Clu Haywood, manager Lou Brown tells pitching coach Pepper Leach not to visit the mound. Vaughn hits the next batter on purpose.

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Lester’s nightmare: It wasn’t after a home run, but after the Ramirez single. Lester hit No. 7 hitter Brandon Guyer, though it obviously wasn’t intentional. It brought home Napoli to put Cleveland up, 2-0. 

Major League quote: “I think you can go get him now.” After Vaughn plunked the batter, Brown tells Leach to go take the pitcher out of the game. 

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Lester’s nightmare: Lester wasn’t pulled from the game, of course, but after the HBP, manager Joe Maddon had pitching coach Chris Bosio go out to the mound to chat with Lester. 

So … yeah. Need a bit of artistic license, but it kinda works. Crazy, eh?