Replays showed that Tulowitzki had applied a tag while Odor slid back in to the base after Chris Gimenez’s single to Bautista in right field.
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Alberto followed with his go-ahead single and then Delino DeShields’ infield single delivered the sixth run. They were all injured in Texas’ 5-3 victory in Game One.
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said the slugging third baseman felt light-headed while playing defense in the fifth, forcing the AL MVP candidate to come out of the game.
Seconds after Ross Ohlendorf struck out Kevin Pillar to clinch the win, Twitter and social media was lit up by angry Canadian fans over what they viewed as a deliberate attempt to keep Blue Jays out of the Fall Classic.
But I’m here to remind you that the baseball gods pay attention, and sometimes it’s painful when they decide to get even. The Jays have gone to 11 innings on three previous occasions. May not include all ALCS/NLCS games. Good pitching, great fielding, managerial moves and tactical hitting. He allowed a long foul ball with one out to Donaldson and then Kela began to talk to the batter as he walked in from the mound. Glares were exchanged and words too, but nothing came of it.
Donaldson, who took a scary and punishing blow to the head in Game 1, erased any questions about his acuity in his first at-bat.
Both bullpens refused to blink as the innings kept coming.
Reliever Roberto Osuna pitched the ninth inning for the home team.
The Rangers and Blue Jays play Game 2 of the ALDS Friday.
13 inning: With two outs and a runner on, Encarnacion clobbers a Dyson pitch. Martin said he’d likely have gotten thrown out for arguing a few of the calls made by home plate umpire Vic Carapazza.
Facing Hamels will be young Blue Jays starter Marcus Stroman.
Five Rangers relievers combined to limit the Jays to two hits in seven innings.
Toronto tried to answer in the bottom of the inning. In the eighth, Ben Revere was in scoring position at second with one out and Jose Bautista at the plate.
Texas tacked on their thirdrun in the second as Odor demonstrated outstanding base running.
A raucous crowd of 49,716 watched under the Rogers Centre dome, with fans elsewhere doing their best to balance work and play with a lunchtime start that stretched into Happy Hour. Both benches cleared, and players in the Toronto clubhouse were coy about the incident after the game.
In the fateful eighth, Cecil picked off Napoli at first base.
Price’s postseason issues continued as he gave up a costly two-run home run to Robinson Chirinos while Rougned Odor added another solo shot that helps give Texas the 5-3 win over Toronto. He went 7-3 with a 2.78 ERA and held opponents to a. 183 average in the second half.
For Stroman, it was another remarkable chapter in his comeback story from spring training knee surgery. “You’ve got to win three games”. Napoli also has hit lefties significantly better than right-handers in his career. It’s unlikely they will be able to replace Cecil’s strong presence against left-handed hitters.
Stroman, who threw seven innings with five strikeouts and four runs, three of them earned, was more guarded.
The lone Toronto lineup change has Chris Colabello in for Justin Smoak at first base. Prince Fielder sent a bouncer up the middle that took a amusing hop and eluded Ryan Goins. Martin popped out to third and Pillar was caught looking at a third strike.
The Rangers scored twice in the first. It represented the fifth unassisted ground ball double play by a first baseman in post-season history, according to Baseball Reference.
Alberto, a 22-year-old rookie who made his big league debut this season, also had a sacrifice fly. Odor homered in the seventh. After resounding cheers celebrating his return, Donaldson sparked another stadium-shaking ovation when he drilled a Hamels changeup over the centre-field wall to pull the Jays within a run.
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The Jays tied it up in the bottom of the second, after a Tulowitzki single on a fielding error by Alberto, then a double from Colabello, and a single by Martin.
