The team is on the road again in Toronto to face the Blue Jays.
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The Toronto Blue Jays celebrate after winning Game 5 of baseball’s American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers, Wednesday, October 14, 2015, in Toronto.
Bautista then homered to left to give the Blue Jays a 6-3 lead.
Augustine Lanzarotta says he’s been waiting 22 years to celebrate a Jays win in the playoffs – and can not remember the last time they won in 1993 because he was only four years old at the time.
Encarnacion tied it up with one swing in the bottom of the sixth, dropping the ball into the second deck in left field.
Capping a deciding game filled with controversy, bad blood and just plain craziness, Jose Bautista’s three-run homer propelled the Blue Jays into the American League Championship Series as baseball karma delivered Toronto a wild 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.
Confusion followed as both managers charged from the dugout to plead their cases to home plate umpire Dale Scott.
Game 5 of the American League Division Series pitted the ace of the Rangers’ pitching staff in former World Series MVP Cole Hamels against young Toronto right-hander Marcus Stroman.
Rougned Odor raced home from third, but was then sent back which prompted a protest from Rangers manager Jeff Banister before the umpires ruled the run stood.
“I was walking off the field and a tall boy (beer) came right by me”, Gibbons said.
“I was mixing up two rules”, Scott told a pool reporter.
Toronto, who led the majors in homers this season, will play the Royals, who beat Houston in Game 5 of their series, a rematch of the 1985 ALCS.
“I understand the fans are upset”, Choo said. And karma kicked in with three straight Texas errors – one by first baseman Mitch Moreland and two by shortstop Elvis Andrus – allowing Martin, Kevin Pillar and Ryan Goins to load the bases with none out. We can prove ourselves in more ways than one. “I went, ‘Wait a minute, wait a minute, there’s no intent on the hitter.’ If there’s no intent, if he’s not out of the box, that throw is live”.
If the batter interferes with the catcher’s throw back to the pitcher by stepping out of the batter’s box while at bat (no runners attempting to advance), it shall not be considered interference under Official Baseball Rule 6.03(a)(3) (former OBR 6.06(c)).
Benches cleared a second time after Troy Tulowitzki popped out foul to end the inning. This cleared the benches.
During the scrum that was quickly dissolved, 20 Toronto police officers stood across the outfield, while others gathered along the foul lines.
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Toronto answered right back with Bautista’s sharply hit two-out double driving home Ben Revere, who got on board via an infield hit that nicked Hamels’ glove.
