Meanwhile, the Royals gave Edinson Volquez the call, to be followed by Yordano Ventura and Johnny Cueto in Games 2 and 3, respectively.
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Toronto’s bullpen actually has a lower ERA in the postseason than the Royals, at 2.37 to Kansas City’s 3.12, though the Blue Jays had a 3.50 bullpen ERA in the regular season.
The mayors of Toronto and Kansas City have put a few of their most treasured culinary masterpieces at stake for the upcoming ALCS, and the victor will take home the spoils. The team had not won a playoff game or made the playoffs since winning the World Series in the 90s and now they have the chance to make it again.
“It happened so long ago”.
“Tonight was the Volquez show, he was tremendous”, manager John Gibbons said.
For the most part, when the ALCS and NLCS teams are in action, the NLCS gets featured in prime time with the AL relegated to the 4pm EDT slot.
Tom Dakers: Oh it feels so good, even better than I thought it would. “I don’t anticipate any of that”.
“I’ve still got my work in, whether it was in the bullpen”, Price said. “We’re pitching those guys away'”. Asked if that would be an issue, he replied: “I’m not a mind-reader, I’m not a fortune-teller, I don’t know if it’s going to be an issue”.
“I changed my game plan against them”. And to nobody’s surprise, Donaldson was booed lustily by the Kansas City crowd on Friday night. He started Game 4 against the Rangers, pitching 4 2/3 innings.
“I’m excited about watching them win, watching all the boys get the home runs and just pounding the Blue Jays into the ground”, Childress says. The fiery Jays third baseman had words with the pitcher as he went to first. “He had to, and it is challenging to get through the lineup for the third time”. Donaldson eventually drew a walk, flipped his bat as he left the box, which irked Volquez. The Toronto Blue Jays will face the Kans… The tables were turned Toronto reliever Aaron Sanchez was ejected for hitting Kansas City’s Alcides Escobar with a pitch. Hale was also tossed with Gibbons complicating matters by returning to the field during the brouhaha.
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Volquez struck out five and walked four, needing 111 pitches, but he allowed just two hits – a pair of singles – in what easily was the most success he’s ever had in a playoff game. “If you continue to throw away, away, away, away, away yeah you’re going to get hammered, you’re going to get killed”. “He was crying like a baby”. How much bad blood do you think there is between the teams and do you expect any fireworks in the ALCS?
