Hope abounds for Blue Jays fans

176 during the regular season.

Given Price’s postseason history, and what should be a raucous atmosphere at Kauffman Stadium, it may be fair to wonder if he will be able to withstand the pressure of carrying the Blue Jays season on his shoulders. he has yet to do so as a starter at any other point in time, and if the Royals bats can get going early, that doubt may creep in once more.

David Price will take the mound for the Blue Jays after his collapse in Game 2, when he tossed six shutout innings and then surrendered five runs in the seventh.

Estrada got the first two men in the eighth before giving up an opposite-field home run to Salvador Perez and a single to Alex Gordon. Estrada exited in the eighth to a standing ovation. While it would have been great to batter the Blue Jays again in Game Five, and either have a few momentum or win the pennant outright, the sky is not falling. Estrada retired his first nine batters, ending at four Alcides Escobar’s record streak of leading off playoff games with hits.

The Royals didn’t have another runner until Lorenzo Cain’s two-out walk in the seventh.

As for the first pitch, Escobar is surprised that he keeps getting strikes to hit.

But when home plate umpire Dan Iassongna called it a ball, Bautista gladly took his base.

After Chris Colabello struck out on three pitches, Tulowitzki lined the first pitch on one hop off the wall in left-center. “We just couldn’t do anything offensively”.

Estrada doesn’t have the megawatt star power and the future $200 million bank account of David Price or the electric personality and medical-marvel narrative of Marcus Stroman. Overall he’s 1-2 with a 7.02 ERA and has allowed 17 hits in 16.2 innings. “We’ve said all along that’s the key to our team, scoring runs”. That was quickly erased on Ben Zobrist’s double-play ball. 600 in the series.

The fan was identified by the Kansas City Star as 19-year-old Caleb Humphreys. The Blue Jays have a 30-0 record in games where opponents scored one run or less.

Hosmer made the catch right on the foul line with his back turned toward the infield.

In the third inning, Bautista hit a solo homer off Royals starter Yordano Ventura to put Toronto on the board. It was the first hit by either team.

Despite a momentum-building win the Blue Jays still face a daunting challenge. 331 and had 33 runs in the first four games. Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie, meanwhile, was photographed wearing a pair of sneakers that looked a lot like the self-lacing shoes that Michael J. Fox wore in the movie. For context’s sake, here’s what happened: After coming up through the Blue Jays’ organization and making his Major League Baseball debut in 2004, Rios hit well enough to earn a big seven-year extension in 2008. The pair teamed up in 20 of Estrada’s 28 starts.

Navarro, who is in the final year of a two-year, $8 million deal, hit. During the ALDS he even underwent concussion testing. If I’ve got to pitch in, if I have to make an adjustment away, I’ll make the adjustment. “Thank you very much”.