Josh Donaldson in Jays lineup for Game 2 of ALDS

Odor homered in the seventh. In the third, with Odor on second, the Jays set up a “back-pick”. Delino DeShields then beat out an infield single off Liam Hendriks to drive in Gimenez.

The Blue Jays’ roster is hitting a combined. Manager John Gibbons said Donaldson will try running on a treadmill before the game. What’s more, they were two games under.

Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson said the task is now “pretty simple”.

“We got in a few good hitter’s counts and he wouldn’t give in”, Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin said. “And they’re gaining experience of what it feels like to play in front of crowds like this and I think they’ll be better for it every step of the way”. “You just attack. Pitch by pitch”. The runs he allowed Thursday are the only ones he has allowed to the Blue Jays in 18 2/3 innings this season. The Jays have gone to 11 innings on three previous occasions. It was postseason baseball, back with all its glorious stress, excitement, anguish and general craziness. Nothing came of the incident, however. After going for tests at a hospital, Beltre returned to the clubhouse about an hour after the game, walking gingerly.

A big day by the bottom of Texas’ batting order helped the Rangers overcome an injury to slugger Adrian Beltre in the start of their postseason run.

It’s disconcerting to hear Price speak of stress and tenseness because he simply hasn’t shown any such vulnerability in his short tenure as a Jay. Of his 15 outs, nine came on grounders.

“Obviously we want Adrian in there”, manager Jeff Banister said.

Price, 9-1 with a 2.30 ERA since coming to the Blue Jays from the Tigers in a trade-deadline deal, walked two batters in the first, which he attributed to a little high anxiety. “One thing I know about us is we always seem to respond”, said Gibbons. 500 and eight games back on August 2.

With Donaldson, the initial reports prior to the game ending were that he’d passed initial Major League Baseball concussion protocols.

For Stroman, it was another remarkable chapter in his comeback story from spring training knee surgery.

“Anytime you can get a split, especially if you’re on the road, it’s good”, Diekman correctly observed. The jitters didn’t last long, but his command was not sharp.

“I know the way he pitches and the way he likes to attack hitters”, Chirinos said. “Today, they just capitalized on a couple of mistakes”.

Hamels went seven innings, giving up four runs – two earned – on six hits with six strikeouts. It’s not ninth inning, eighth inning, seventh inning.

Colabello, playing first base like Dominik Hasek, was a one-man wrecking crew for Toronto.

Donaldson left in the fifth, one inning after colliding with Odor’s left knee while sliding in an attempt to break up a double play.

The roof remained closed as the Blue Jays and Rangers held practice sessions to prepare for the opener in the best-of-five series. “He threw it to me after I hit that homer”.

Colabello rescued the situation with an unassisted double play, fielding Hamilton’s grounder and then sprinting over to third to tag out a stranded Fielder.

“This is the reason we play baseball”. The third time he faced Odor, the second baseman hit a home run.

Beltre received an anti-inflammatory shot during the Rangers’ 5-3 win. He was replaced by Hanser Alberto. “We told him we had his back”. Only Andruw Jones in the 1996 World Series was younger.