Those three Toronto walks were as many as it had in the first two games combined. He made his major league debut with Texas back in 2012 and didn’t really stake his claim to a big league job, going back and forth between the Rangers and the minor leagues for a while.
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Third baseman Adrian Beltre is a late addition to the Texas Rangers lineup for Game 4 of the AL Division Series.
Today’s game will still be a must win game for the Blue Jays, but if they can pull off a second straight win here today then their reward will be to level the series, sending things to a victor takes all Game 5 that will take place back in Toronto on Wednesday.
But first the Jays, down 2-0 in the best-of-five series, have to win Sunday to keep the series alive.
Estrada allowed the lone Texas run off five hits through 6.1-innings of nearly picture-perfect work to get the win and bring the Blue Jays back into the series. “This is not new to this ballclub”, manager Jeff Banister said.
Texas leads the best-of-five series, 2-1.
GettyImages-492048462_master during game two of the American League Division Series at Rogers Centre on October 9, 2015 in Toronto, Canada.
Bautista’s leadoff homer off Kela cut it to 4-3 in the sixth – the first run off the pitcher since July 30.
“It didn’t feel like we should be swept by these guys”, Martin said.
Toronto Blue Jays reliever Brett Cecil said he cried while walking to the clubhouse after being helped off the field.
However, Odor kept his impressive form as he hit a home run deep to right field to put the Rangers up 5-3 in what would eventually be the final score. Perez doesn’t blow anyone away, but he gets a ton of ground balls and gives up a minuscule amount of home runs which is a pretty good strategy for success.
We’ve watched Estrada become one of the great stories of 2015, with his teammates voting him the Blue Jays Pitchers of the Year.
“I think they key is a nice offensive outburst maybe early in the game, get us on the board, take the lead would do wonders for us”. “It’s amusing how it’s come full circle me personally”, the right-hander said. Hopefully, we can do it one time, you know, catch our breath a little bit and gain a little confidence.
Holland (4-3) starts Game 4 against knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (11-11). The 32-year-old righty enjoyed a breakout regular season that saw him go 13-8 with a tidy 3.13 ERA. One of the more challenging decisions that we’ve had to make.”WALK-OFFS1″.
Now for the Rangers, who are used to playing and excelling under such conditions, this would appear to be a done deal when it comes to securing a third win in the series. In the third, Dioner Navarro led off with a double for the Jays, scoring on a Ryan Goins double play after a Kevin Pillar infield single moved Navarro up to third. He held the Rangers to three hits over the first six innings, walked nobody and struck out four.
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Estrada has been among the toughest starters to hit this season – he had the lowest opponents’ batting average in the American League (.203) and the lowest BABIP in all of baseball (.217) – and he came through against the Rangers, holding them scoreless and to three hits during the first six innings.
