Toronto Blue Jays stay alive, Houston Astros win in play-offs

Tons of treatment to be honest with you. That’s just not going to cut it.

All hands will be on deck Monday if the Blue Jays stay alive in their American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers.

That’s when Tulowitzki stepped to the plate and unleashed a three-run homer, the key blow in a game where the Blue Jays’ playoff hopes were also jolted to life. “In the moment I was definitely pumped up”.

“This was huge”, Tulowitzki said.

That was two innings after he drew a bases-loaded walk.

“We have to talk to him”, manager John Gibbons said. Keuchel has been asked about his home dominance often, and on Saturday, he jokingly supposed that “maybe it’s the temperature” set by the Minute Maid Park air conditioner.

Based on that history, the Blue Jays have a 62% chance of being swept on Sunday and less than a 7% chance of winning this series.

Diekman hasn’t tried to do anything different in the postseason than he did to end the season.

“We’ve been in this situation before”.

“We haven’t ruled him out of tomorrow’s game”, Daniels said.

However, the Blue Jays comprehensively outplayed and out pitched the Rangers in Game 3 to win 5-1 and inch their way back into this series.

If the Jays can beat Perez in Game 3, they’ll get Derek Holland, another lefty, in Game 4.

Donaldson hit his first postseason home run in the bottom half of the first.

You’ve been getting better results lately in your entire time with the Blue Jays. 179 postseason hitter until the homer. An intentional walk to Edwin Encarnacion backfired, as the next two batters, Chris Colabello and Troy Tulowitzki were unintentionally walked, scoring Donaldson. The 2-3-4 guys in the order – quiet all series – went a dismal 0-12 as they continued to miss the bat of Adrian Beltre who was out for the second consecutive game with a lower back strain. Navarro eventually scored on a Ryan Goins double play as Perez minimized the damage.

Napoli was caught after a pickoff move by Cecil, who then went to get in position for the rundown. Toronto is a good ball club, really good offence. With a 3-2 count and 2 outs Tulo hit a shot that made ever Jays fan jump out of their seat.

DICKEY’S POSTSEASON DEBUT: The first career postseason start for 40-year-old Dickey comes at Texas.

Rougned Odor kept starting double plays for the Texas Rangers, then first baseman Mitch Moreland turned a nifty one that only delayed the big blow. “It’s not the way I perceived it ending”, he said. “It’s poetic, is what it is for me”.

“So it’s a neat narrative, no doubt”. The good news for the Rangers offense was Josh Hamiltons two hits, and hopefully he can keep that going.

Estrada won a career-high 13 games during the regular season and played a big role in helping Toronto win the East Division for the first time since 1993.

Not only has Odor been exceptional on defense, but he’s been a terror on offense as well with the way he has trotted the bases, especially in Game 2 of the series.