Earlier in the series, Donaldson was “pimping everything”, according to Kansas City starter Edison Volquez, who started the final game in Toronto and hit Donaldson on the shoulder.
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To start with, the defending AL champs beat Toronto in the 1985 league championship series, then beat the St. Louis Cardinals for the Royals’ only World Series triumph. The Kansas City Royals, who host the Blue Jays in Game 1 on Friday, were the long-suffering franchise crashing the postseason party last season but are the experienced veterans this time around. The Jays led the bigs in home runs, OPS and runs per game during the regular season and finished second in team batting average.
The Blue Jays have proved that their offense can get them back into any match while the Royals are a side desperate to avenge for their 2014 World Series loss to the Giants. The benches cleared multiple times and words were exchanged.
Fox said Thursday that it will air an hour-long program recapping the frame full of freakish plays from Game 5 of the AL Division Series.
Part of that streak was three wins in four games against the Royals July 30-Aug. After a historic regular season, Wade Davis is the star, and he’s continued it right into the postseason.
With Aaron Loup unavailable in Game 4, Toronto manager John Gibbons opted to use Price as his left-hander out of the bullpen.
But now P.K.is excited about getting a chance to cheer for a team from his home town of Toronto – the Blue Jays.
Game 1 of the ALCS between the Royals and Blue Jays is Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Royals will need a few power to keep up with the Jays, and Hosmer is one of their better power hitters, but he can be a frustratingly streaky hitter. Davis had a 0.94 ERA and 17 saves this season and saved two of the ALDS games-including a two-inning relief job in the wild one that was Game 4.
“I’m looking forward to hearing from you, mayor, we want to hear what you guys are going to put up”.
It is hard to imagine that the Royals will let a bat flip go by without retaliating if one occurs sometime in the next seven games.
But he said his team will not shy away from pitching inside to the risky Toronto lineup. Estrada lost his only start against the Royals this season, surrendering two runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings at Kansas City on July 10.
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The Arts & Crafts band’s take on the team theme song comes with fresh lyrics tailored to the league rivals that stand in the Jays’ championship path: “Bring on the Rangers, bring on the Royals, bring on the Astros, the Cubbies, and the Mets too”.
