ALDS 2015, Blue Jays vs Rangers live stream: Watch Game 3 online
He ended up walking three and allowing four runs on six hits before getting pulled after allowing back-to-back hits to open the sixth inning.
The Blue Jays start the American League Divisional Series against the Texas Rangers in Toronto on Thursday.
Today at 4:07 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1, the Blue Jays will try to capitalize on their rousing Game 3 win in Game 4 of the ALDS vs. the Rangers.
Chicago Cubs closer Hector Rondon got stuck in the bullpen bathroom for several minutes during Game 1 of a National League division series with the St. Louis Cardinals. Tons of treatment to be honest with you.
“I haven’t been swinging the bat the greatest”, Tulowitzki said. “We just have to be ourselves and go out and play the game as hard as we can”.
It was then that Tulowitzki, who was 0-for-11 in the series, leaned into a 3-2 pitch that carried into the seats in left for his three run bomb and a 5-0 lead that would prove to be more than enough.
Tulowitzki’s four RBIs are the most by a Jay in the post-season since Joe Carter’s four in clinching the 1993 World Series.
Dallas Keuchel pitched seven strong innings, striking out seven and giving up just five hits.
There was little to get them fired up this game as Estrada was masterful.
In the fourth, Tulowitzki walked with the bases loaded to make it 2-0. Tulowitzki missed two weeks of September with his shoulder fracture, returning only for two games in the regular season’s final weekend.
“We need a big outburst with the bats, score a lot of runs, ” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. Maybe that sets him off….
Leading the series 2-1, Texas has another chance Monday to clinch it at home. Oh, did they. Facing a game that could end their season, the Jays rediscovered themselves. He was chosen over veteran right-hander Colby Lewis, who won a career-high 17 games this season.
“We’ve been in this situation before”.
“I really felt like Estrada kept us off-balance with the change-up”, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
Don Cherry thinks Major League Baseball may have an agenda against the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Rangers will turn to Derek Holland tomorrow, and the Blue Jays will counter with knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. Beltre, injured when sliding into second base as Prince Fielder hit into an inning-ending double play in the first, had difficulty running and was replaced by rookie Hanser Alberto in the bottom of third.
Toronto started the sixth with consecutive singles to chase Perez, and Edwin Encarnacion then drew a 10-pitch walk from rookie reliever Chi Chi Gonzalez to load the bases before the Rangers’ fourth double play in an as many innings.
Davis snapped a throw to Eric Hosmer at first, and he neatly snagged it on one hop as Gomez made a dive back to the bag. Donaldson collected an infield single before Bautista singled to left. 179 postseason hitter until the homer. Kevin Pillar also played well, hitting a pair of singles, as well as providing the Jays with his usual steady defence in centre field.
At face value, a few of the advanced metrics attribute much of Estrada’s season results to good fortune – he even walks more batters than anyone else in his starting staff – and would have you believe that Estrada might, in fact, be the luckiest pitcher in all of baseball.