“I’ve seen a few insane baseball s- in my time, but nothing like the current Blue Jays-Rangers game”, he tweeted.
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Texas Rangers’ Choo Shin-soo hits a home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning in Game 5 of American League Division Series on October 14, 2015, in Toronto.
Blue Jays fans have exploded onto the streets after the team won its first post-season series in 22 years.
“Now that I’ve had a taste this year, I’d like to win the World Series next year”, he said.
And the Royals sent three left-handed pitching prospects to the Cincinnati Reds for right-hander Johnny Cueto, who struggled in a Kansas City uniform but pitched well in Wednesday’s Game 5 win over the Houston Astros.
It was Fielder’s first RBI since Game 1 of the 2012 AL Championship Series.
Aaron Sanchez came in for Stroman to start the seventh. “With all that happened, we did a good job of keeping our emotions in check”. As beer and garbage flew out of the stands, there was more talk and a review. Benches cleared twice in the Blue Jays’ half of the inning.
Roberto Osuna got the final five outs for the save. Reliever Sam Dyson took over for Rangers ace Cole Hamels. Home plate umpire Dale Scott, left, signals for Texas Rangers’ Rougned Odor to score after conferring with the base umpires to confirm an error by Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin (not shown) on the play… Martin was given an error. “It’s never happened in my life before”. “A lot of us on our team don’t carry ourselves that way”, Hamels said.
“I was mixing up two rules”, Scott said. “I went, ‘Wait a minute, wait a minute, there’s no intent on the hitter.’ He’s in the box, the bat’s in the box”.
According to rule Major League Baseball rule 6.03(a)(3), the batter is not to be charged with interfering with the catcher if the batter is still in the batter’s box and doesn’t make a movement to block or disrupt the throw.
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons argued and fans littered the field as they booed. After the back-to-back-to-back misplays by Andrus, the Blue Jays had a 68.7 percent chance to win the ballgame.
No need for the paperwork, though. Martin was given a throwing error and the irate Jays, now trailing 3-2, filed their protest. With Ryan Goins bunting, Adrian Beltre, bad back and all, made a quick play and turned and fired to Andrus, who was covering third base.
But Texas self-destructed with a run of three consecutive errors, including two by Elvis Andrus. “This is the toughest moment of my career so far”. “I feel like I let down my team and my city”. In fact, it looked like such an easy out that Ben Revere, the runner on first, returned to first thinking it would be caught and was forced at second. Bautista then slammed a three-run homer to settle the score, pausing dramatically to savour his handiwork before flipping the bat and trotting round the bases.
The Rangers got pinch-runner Dalton Pompey out at home with the Rangers upset at the take-no-prisoners slide that took out catcher Chris Gimenez.
For at least one inning, Edwin Encarnacion hit the biggest home run in Toronto since the Joe Carter home run in 1993. “This is his first opportunity on a national stage and he rose to the occasion”.
“I told him Jose needs to calm that down, respect the game a little more”, Dyson said.
Twenty police officers lined the outfield and many more were stationed down the lines during the delay.
The Rangers scored a run in the first after center fielder Delino DeShields led off with a double against the left field fence.
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Third baseman Josh Donaldson’s flare to second eluded Odor, who got the force at second as the tying run scored.
