Rangers’ Beltre leaves playoff game with apparent injury

Definitely, that poses its challenges. The Rangers are trying to lineup a lethal pitching attack. The Blue Jays said Donaldson was removed “as a precaution”.

“Obviously we want Adrian in there”, Banister said.

“We had those same talks when playing Anaheim the other day, pitching to (Mike) Trout and (Albert) Pujols and then you face (C.J.) Cron, who had really hurt us a lot all season long”. And, sadly, I don’t expect them to even make it a Game 5.

Texas went 2-4 against Toronto this season, and Gallardo’s work accounted for both wins.

David Price hadn’t allowed more than one home run in a start since joining the Toronto Blue Jays ahead of the trade deadline.

According to a Sportsline report, Toronto’s lineup is arguably the best in baseball.

Tolleson wasn’t about to argue. I don’t really watch that much baseball. The Blue Jays were the only big league team to top 800 runs and outscored the Yankees, baseball’s second-most prolific offense, by 127 runs. Calling a non-elimination game a must-win is a bit silly, but Toronto simply can not head to Arlington down 2-0. Texas finished third in the majors with 751 runs in their surprise 2015 campaign and was led by the September surge of LF Shin-Soo Choo who was the AL Player of the Month batting. Between the tickets and the flight from Edmonton to Toronto, he estimates the trip will cost around $1,400.

To help Blue Jays fans get to the games on time, the TTC will be adding extra subway trains before and after each home game. In the same time frame, Ventura has gotten hot to the tune of a 3.26 ERA, allowing a measly.

Get through those four, and you still have Tulowitzi, Russell Martin, Justin Smoak and/or Chris Colabello to deal with. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said C Dioner Navarro will be behind the plate Sunday when RHP Marco Estrada starts Game 3. “If the weather is ugly, we’ll be in good shape”.

Toronto will send staff ace David Price (18-5, 2.45 ERA) to the mound in Game 1, an opponent that the Rangers have had literally no problems with in playoffs past.

“He throws 98 with a couple of off speed pitches”.

Beltre could hardly run to first base after hitting an RBI single in the third and received attention from a trainer at first base. “He’s a great pitcher, and it’s going to be tough”.

Thursday marked Price’s fourth consecutive playoff loss to the Rangers, the first three coming in 2010 and 2011 when he was a member of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Price was 0-3 with a 4.66 ERA in three playoff starts against the Rangers while with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2010 and 2011, though he also had 17 strikeouts and just one walk in 19⅓ innings.