Blue Jays disappointed but encouraged for future

We just can’t tell, so the call had to stand.

The Royals open the World Series on Tuesday night against the New York Mets, trying to do one win better than they did a year ago.

Bautista’s homer in the seventh inning of Game 5 in the division series helped Toronto hold off elimination and beat Texas.

When the Toronto Blue Jays started the ALCS, rivalries between Toronto and Kansas City cropped up all over twitter.

Lorenzo Cain had reached base with a hard-earned walk off Roberto Osuna, and Eric Hosmer rapped a single down the line. Third base coach Mike Jirschele waved Cain home and he scored when shortstop Troy Tulowitzki’s relay throw was up the line.

“I was able to come through twice”, Bautista said.

“I had a feeling Bautista was going to come up and throw to second base”.

“As soon I saw him release the ball to second”, Jirschele said, “I had Lorenzo coming in”.

Toronto threatened in the ninth. He got into a few trouble, issuing a leadoff single to Russell Martin, then watched pinch-runner Dalton Pompey steal second and third base.

“At that point, it was about as bad as it could get, a man on third with no outs”, Davis said. They’ve got a tremendous ball club and they deserved it.

It’s getting hard to believe the Royals still have magic left.

Lost in the haze of the Blue Jays ending their more-than-two-decade playoff drought was the fact that the TFC have booked their first playoff appearance in franchise history.

The Royals won a World Series in 1985, when they topped the Saint Louis Cardinals four games to three.

Gibbons would rather avoid win-or-else games, but he also thinks his team embraces them. “I really couldn’t be more proud of our guys”. They laid it out every day. “They’re great competitors and a fun bunch”. Donaldson grounded a 2-2 pitch to Moustakas at third base, who whipped the ball to first baseman Hosmer as the Royals clinched the pennant.

Toronto led the majors with a 48-23 record after all-star break, leading the American League in runs (405), home runs (117) and earned-run average (3.33) among other categories. But thanks to the feuds, videos, parodies, and Bautista’s bat-flip meme, there’s no doubt the Jays’ online fanbase grew dramatically this year.

Mike Moustakas homered in the second inning for the Royals.

There was a replay review to determine whether or not a fan had interfered. Kauffman Stadium, in a state of depression over Bautista’s two-run, game-tying home run an hour earlier, roared.

Price did not finish the inning as rookie right-hander Aaron Sanchez was brought in to face Alex Rios with two out. Catcher Salvador Perez drove a David Price pitch to the left-field bullpen fence, but Ben Revere made a spectacular leaping grab to rob him of extra-bases.

The defensive plays proved critical when Ryan Madson came on to pitch the eighth. Davis recovered by striking out pinch hitter Dioner Navarro and Ben Revere.

His solo blast 428 feet in the fourth cut the Royals’ lead to 2-1. But it didn’t seem to dent the confidence of the Royals, who have grown accustomed to tense postseason games.

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