His three-run blast in the sixth inning silenced the crowd at Globe Life Park and powered Toronto to a 5-1 win over the Texas Rangers. “Not going to”, Banister said. Estrada was able to work all three of his pitches to perfection, and he kept the Rangers hitters off-balance all night.
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Said Tulowitzki, “I think we were more patient in those big situations…”
Tulowitzki’s four RBIs are the most by a Jay in the post-season since Joe Carter’s four in clinching the 1993 World Series. The franchise post-season record is five by Tony Fernandez in 1993.
Price warmed up in the bullpen in the seventh, when the Rangers finally got on the board.
Toronto Blue Jays’ Roberto Osuna plays with a soccer ball in the… The previous mark was two, which had happened five times.
Price, beaten 5-3 in Thursday’s series opener, was 11-2 on the road this year with a 2.05 ERA.
“Tulo needed that, ” Gibbons said. “Whether we are up 2-0 or [it’s] 1-1, we still have a task at hand”, Rangers catcher Chris Gimenez said. Estrada pitched a solid 6.1 innings and looked un-hittable at times.
INF Hanser Alberto, who is filling in for injured 3B Adrian Beltre, made a second-inning error that led to two runs Friday but atoned for it with the go-ahead single in the 14th inning.
Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson stretches as he waits to hit during an American League Division Series baseball practice, Saturday afternoon, October 10, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. Aaron Loup came in to face Odor, who grounded out to third, which scored Andrus to pull Texas to within 5-1. But he answered the fans in the bottom of the inning with a fine running foul catch at the seats.
Gibbons removed Estrada with one out and runners on second and third with one out.
Cherry also had an issue with a replay review that was upheld in the 14th inning of Game that eventually led to Texas’ winning run in a 6-4 Blue Jays loss. 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. Donaldson, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion have a combined five homers and nine extra-base hits off Holland in 55 career at-bats.
He was told in the pre-season that he would get a shot at a starting role but a rolled ankle slowed his start.
In a tight game that brought back memories of the Royals’ nip-and-tuck postseason previous year that carried them to the World Series, Kansas City knotted the game at 4-4 in the sixth inning. The 32-year-old righty enjoyed a breakout regular season that saw him go 13-8 with a tidy 3.13 ERA.
Toronto starter Marcus Stroman took a 4-3 lead into the eighth.
The middle of the Blue Jays’ vaunted lineup showed up Sunday night in Arlington.
Left-hander Derek Holland is slated to pitch for the Rangers in Game 4. Last season’s NL MVP allowed three runs and four hits in 6⅔ innings.
The 40-year-old right-hander is tentatively scheduled to pitch Monday in Game 4 of the American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers.
After taking a knee to the head, Josh Donaldson didn’t make it to the end of Toronto’s first postseason game in 22 years.
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“We were pretty confident going into the second game regardless of Adrian getting hurt”, DeShields said.
