You’re trying to win this thing. What will be the key aspects in this one?
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We know the Toronto Blue Jays are more than capable of reeling off a few wins in a row.
But police say Wednesday’s flare-up is “not indicative” of typical fan behaviour and they don’t expect a repeat of the incident that left a man facing a mischief charge.
The Blue Jays are minus-115 favorites in the opener with Marco Estrada opposing the Royals’ Edinson Volquez.
In all, Volquez threw 111 pitches, 69 of them for strikes.
The veteran starter kept pitching the Blue Jays inside, finally hitting Josh Donaldson with a fastball in the first inning.
“You look at all professional sports in general, everybody celebrates more so than they used to”, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.
The Royals won the first ALCS matchup in seven games after they were down 3-1.
To be the best, you have to beat the best – and if the Toronto Blue Jays are going to reach the World Series, they’ll have to do just that in the ALCS. After beating Houston in Game 5, they’re one series win away from returning. Four were one-run games, and all came before the Mets added Yoenis Cespedes and turned their offense around. The free-swinging Jays were shut out just five times during the regular season.
After the Rangers took the lead on a fluke play, the Blue Jays stormed back thanks in part to three Texas errors. “It’s going to be fantastic”, said Nate Bukaty, a sports commentator in Kansas City, on Twitter.
During the regular season, everyday fans will book far in advance and cut down costs for a big trip.
It’s on to the ALCS and it seems the Royals have switched their focus from the Astros to the Blue Jays before the champagne has even dried in the clubhouse. Kansas City’s Ryan Madson would later hit Tulowitzki while Toronto’s Aaron Sanchez hit Alcides Escobar, which emptied both bullpens and led to Sanchez’s ejection.
Tory said he is putting up three kinds of Toronto-brewed craft beer for the bet on the outcome of the series. Marcus Stroman and R.A. Dickey will pitch Games 3 and 4 for Toronto at the Rogers Centre. “It wasn’t surprising to see the guys try to rally everybody and try to get everybody calmed back down so the game could continue”.
Mario Coutinho, the Blue Jays’ vice president of stadium operations and security told the Toronto Star that the team will review its security and discuss the sale of canned beer at the stadium. “I mean I have a 100 per cent confidence in myself”.
These six players are arguably the best hitters in this series. Move on from it play clean baseball we definitely don’t want tempers flaring or benches clearing.
After an Eric Hosmer double helped key a two-run eighth inning, Luke Hochevar came in and completed the shutout with a scoreless ninth inning.
As for the Blue Jays, we don’t have much explaining to do.
Another was Edwin Encarnacion’s home run in the bottom of the 6th to tie the game up!
The offseason free-agent signing entered the game having lost all three of his previous career postseason starts – with an 8.76 career ERA.
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Chicago opened as a minus-120 favorite over the Mets in the National League Championship Series, which begins Saturday in New York.
