They seemed poised to lock down a resounding and uncomplicated win that would bring the American League Division Series back to Toronto for the deciding Game 5 on Wednesday. Aaron Sanchez and Roberto Osuna finished it off for the Jays.
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Dickey was disappointed when he saw manager John Gibbons walking toward the mound when he was one out shy of qualifying for a win in the fifth inning, but he also knew he was handing off to Price. “But at the end of the day, I’ve said this before and I mean it, it’s incredible what you can accomplish when you don’t care who gets the credit”.
“Probably not a relationship-building move but a team win, that’s what I was looking for”, he said. A few even celebrated the Game 4 victory by casting a ballot in the federal election afterward.
Colby Lewis hadn’t made a relief appearance since September 26, 2007, for Oakland.
The game will start at 3:07 Connecticut on Wednesday. The two wins are both as a reliever and the six losses all as a starter.
The winner-take-all post-season contest will be just the second in franchise history – the Blue Jays lost Game 7 of the 1985 ALCS to the Kansas City Royals 6-2 at Exhibition Stadium, blowing a 3-1 series lead in the best-of-seven. Texas’ ever present NeverEverQuit Twitter hashtag suddenly was the Jays’ domain. Things settled down after that.
“Everything Derek was throwing was running back toward the middle of the plate”, Banister said.
The Toronto Blue Jays did not lose their first two games because of the umpires, safely as I say. These are two teams with potent offensive lineups; clubs which made dramatic improvements in the week leading up to the July non-waiver trade deadline.
Toronto led the majors with 232 homers during the regular season.
Texas Rangers fans left Globe Life Park on Monday evening unsure of when they’d return: later this week or next year? As Sportsnet.ca’s Shi Davidi pointed out prior to Game 3, of the 47 teams that have fallen behind 2-0 in the best-of-five division series, only five have lifted themselves off the mat and won the next three. He now has at least one hit in 14 straight games and has reached base safely in each of his last 22 games overall. Chris Colabello hit a solo shot. At that point it became explicitly clear that the first two homers weren’t just a rough first inning. He gave up three runs in his final inning of work. It couldn’t have been easy, telling your star pitcher he was being bypassed in the most important game of a season for a kid who has yet to spend a full year in the big leagues.
Stroman acquitted himself capably in his Game 2 debut, yielding three earned runs over seven frames and taking a no-decision as the Jays lost in extras.
It appeared that Holland might limit the damage, getting the next two batters out.
RANGERS THIRD: Shin-Soo Choo singled and went to third on Adrian Beltre’s single.
All of a sudden, the Rangers are the ones realizing just how short this series is. With the Blue Jays on the brink of elimination, the 31-year-old shortstop went 2-for-3 with a home run. He remained in the game until the third, delivering an RBI single though barely able to run to first base.
Fellow right-hander Yovani Gallardo, who started Game 1, was available out of the bullpen, too, and will be Wednesday as well. You’d think, if each team slouched toward Game 5, they would have split each home stand.
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The Jays’ offence wasted little time providing Dickey a comfortable cushion.
