Odor’s error costs Rangers in 10th, Blue Jays win ALDS
The Rangers drilled him for two runs themselves, and when reliever Joe Biagini surrendered a two-run double to Mitch Moreland in the sixth, Texas had turned a 5-2 deficit into a 6-5 lead. The Rangers put Edwin Encarnacion on before Bush struck out Jose Bautista. “You’re kind of just waiting. What happens in September doesn’t matter”. Texas Rangers’ Elvis Andrus reacts after flying out during sixth inning game three American League Division Series baseball action in Toronto on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.
But the long ball apparently is alive and well now.
The Toronto Blue Jays will not be serving beer in cans at the Rogers Centre for the rest of the post-season after a can was thrown on the field at a game against the Baltimore Orioles last week.
Rangers starting pitcher Colby Lewis was pulled after two-plus innings trailing 4-2.
Game 1 of the ALCS is set for Friday.
“What we do, we get criticized for it a lot, is we rely upon that home run ball”, Gibbons said. “Even if he weren’t, I would feel the same way, because you never want to hurt another player, especially with a blow to the head”.
For Toronto, Aaron Sanchez will take the bump. Encarnacion would knock in three of Toronto’s runs.
The Rangers have hit.279/.344/.453, scoring 5.2 R/G at Globe Life Park, while slashing.245/.299/.414 and 4.20 R/G on the road.
He was a go-to arm in the bullpen during last year’s playoff run and pitched seven innings for the win in last Sunday’s critical regular-season finale at Boston. “He’s gone from here now so I’m hoping for the best for the results, but yeah, that was scary”, Happ said. His WHIP was good, but it’s getting harder and harder for him to strike batters out. Osuna, questionable to start the series with a sore shoulder, came on in the ninth and pitched two flawless innings with two strikeouts, setting up the stage for Toronto’s final knockout punch.
Let’s flash forward to the bottom of the 10th inning, with the Jays and Rangers tied up at six apiece. Blue Jays live stream, Rangers vs.
Speaking in Washington on Saturday, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he had “every confidence we will not have a repeat” of Tuesday’s can-throwing incident. They’ve believed in the talent and they’ve believed in each other. Hill had allowed one home run with men on base all season.
The Blue Jays’ win sent them to the American League Championship Series, where they will face the victor of the ALDS battle between the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox.
But Lobaton’s blast sliced through the breeze and landed in the Dodgers bullpen, giving the Nationals their first lead of the series. “I’m pulling for those guys”. Carlos Gomez walked and eventually came home on a Carlos Beltran groundout. We do know this, however, for style and substance, it was far less dramatic than the Bautista version a year earlier …
“It’s a situation, (an) all-hands-on deck must-win type of deal”, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. Turns out it was wishful thinking …