The Blue Jays are 16-5 in their last 21 during game 2 of a series and 5-0 in Stromans last 5 starts. “I know the way he pitches and how he likes to attack the hitters”.
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Bautista homered in the sixth for the Jays, one of only five hits they managed.
Russell Martin, the Jays’ Canadian catcher, called the atmosphere “awesome”.
It’s great to hear fans still singing along, Hampshire added. “That’s something I always say”. I’ve thought about it quite a lot and at this moment I can’t like them or hate them.
Price hit Odor with a pitch to open the inning. With the Blue Jays down 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth, Smoak stepped to the plate with two outs and men on first and third. DeShields singled to center, Odor scored.
The layoff, Price insisted, had nothing to do with his struggles. Today, Rougned Odor was the best player on the field. I still went out there and played.
The odds for Toronto and Texas are even, while the Over/Under (O/U) is unavailable as of now.
“He (Price) didn’t give up many hits”. The Rangers will get to turn to staff ace Cole Hamels (13-8 3.65 ERA) tomorrow, and the Blue Jays will counter with Marcus Stroman (4-0 1.67 ERA).
“The funniest thing about it was that he said, ‘Look, we’re an expansion team”.
“So it’s not anything that we haven’t faced already about what is said on the outside about our ball club”. Since we’ve acquired him he’s been a key guy to get us over the top … It’s a good team. While he certainly played better throughout the first half of his rookie season, hitting. He stayed in the game until designated hitter Prince Fielder grounded out to end the third inning.
Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson left the game after he was kneed in the head while breaking up a double play. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons replaced Donaldson with Ezequiel Carrera. He did it at a few personal cost, losing his batting helmet and grimacing as he got up.
Bautista came out of the game after the eighth with a hamstring cramp but was expected to play Friday.
Ranking first in runs, Toronto has earned 894 this season. Hopefully he will be able to come back later in the series, and we will update you when something becomes available. Keone Kela, Jake Diekman and Sam Dyson finished, with Dyson getting a save. Encarnacion opened with a single but the Jays came up short.
“Obviously we want Adrian in the game. It’s good to have that in the back of your mind”.
It’s a jam-packed Friday for baseball fans, with four playoff games on tap one right after the other.
Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky, like when he showed for Game 6 of the World Series in 1992 in Atlanta… It doesn’t make a difference.
Donaldson had been virtually indestructible all season – for three seasons, in fact – playing in 158 games each year while enduring assorted nicks, scrapes and muscle pulls. So it doesn’t change anything about our approach. They are the only major league team to top 800 runs.
Losing the American League Division Series opener was bad enough for the Toronto Blue Jays.
The roof of the concrete clam was closed on Thursday – just as it was for all previous 28 post-season games.
The Rangers are back in the postseason as the AL West Champs.
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While the Blue Jays and their booming bats were grabbing the headlines, the Rangers were also putting together a remarkable run, going 41-22 down the stretch to claw their way to the Central division crown and back to the playoffs after a two-year absence.
