Wild ALDS 7th inning getting its own TV special

At the time they were the best team in the American League. Kansas City’s bullpen is rock solid even without Greg Holland (out with season-ending elbow injury).

While the Royals have been clear favorites throughout the season, the path to the ALCS for their opponent wasn’t so smooth.

The Blue Jays are not all-or-nothing at the plate, but their prodigious power is the heart of their attack. The matchup is set. “We knew he was good”.

Blue Jays fans in the vote-rich 905 and 416 regions – studded with ridings that could help determine who becomes Canada’s next prime minister – are certain to tune into the Jays game on Monday night while possibly tuning out the election.

Q: Why has Price struggled in the postseason? They’re as good an offensive team as you’re going to face.

It was touch and go on what Cueto would do in the playoffs.

As for those Royals, that pen is the best in the big leagues. The last of those games Wednesday was as tense as they come.

Elsewhere, Cueto, who was acquired in a July 26 trade with the Cincinnati Reds, retired the final 19 batters he faced after third baseman Luis Valbuena hit a two-run homer in the second inning. The rest of the guys in their rotation leave much to be desired. That gives Toronto the edge because its offensive lineup is deeper. It felt like a statement series for Toronto, who had just welcomed five new players and seemed to galvanize themselves around the series’ combative air.

The franchises met once before in the ALCS, with the Royals rallying from a 3-1 deficit in the first year of seven-game series. Slight advantage: Kansas City. Marcus Stroman was taken out of the game, and was replaced by Blue Jays’ setup reliever Aaron Sanchez. Power-hitters Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista, and Edwin Encarnacion have terrorized opposing pitchers all year-especially when hitting in the launching pad that is the Rogers Centre.

Instagram user benn2ns posted a video of a young fan dressed up as Jose Bautista in the outfield seats, imitating the Blue Jays slugger’s swing just as Bautista crushed a three-run shot to the put Toronto up 6-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Toronto Blue Jays Manager John Gibbons, speaking to the media Thursday, attributed much of Kansas City’s success to pitching… Kansas City is notorious for manufacturing clutch runs, getting big outs, and never giving up over the course of a game. They trailed 0-2 in the series, and in Game 5 they quickly fell behind 2-0. Not with a trip to the World Series on the line. The baseball gods looked real after all.

Tony LaCava is standing along the third base line watching batting practice on the day before the American League Championship Series, trying to explain the unexplainable of this miraculous Blue Jays season.