Troy Tulowitzki’s Big Double Helps Keep Blue Jays’ Playoff Hopes Alive

Royals light-hitting shortstop Alcides Escobar has been an offensive juggernaut for the Royals in this series, hitting a ridiculous. Since that night, paired with his personal catcher, Estrada has been one of the best pitchers in baseball: 11-6 with a 2.58 ERA over 23 starts, postseason included.

Like in his tweet, Price also came off as chill about the ways and means of Jays manager John Gibbons, but in a column by Jeff Passan of Yahoo! If they win, they will advance to play one more game Saturday in Kansas City – the game that determines whether they’ll play in the World Series.

Estrada said, “This time around I had better command of my fastball. I know these guys will be ready”.

So did Yost, who refused to go to the bullpen – which I always thought was the strength of the team – until after Volquez issued a bases-loaded walk to Edwin Encarnacion with still no outs.

Royals manager Ned Yost conceded that his team had no shot against Estrada.

“At the end of the day, the ballpark is not going to define how you go about your business”, Colabello said. “I’m not hesitant one bit to throw him out there, because I’ve only seen him good”.

Before 49,325 roaring fans, Chris Colabello’s solo homer into the left-field seats in the second gave Estrada a lead. He later popped out to second, walked and hit a comebacker to the pitcher.

That set the stage for Tulowitzki. “It’s just that he’s been so lights out for us that this kind of game is what you come to expect”. 194 (7-for-36) but he has been a game-changer with the bat in three of Toronto’s post-season outings. And despite playing in pain, he has been a big contributor to the defence. No team should have as much fun as the Royals were having in the opponent’s home ballpark. Meanwhile, the AL Championship Series travels back to Kansas City for Friday’s Game 6 after Toronto staved off elimination with a 7-1 win on Wednesday.

Using infielder Cliff Pennington in the ninth inning of Game 4 to pitch was a move Gibbons wanted to make. On the previous 79 occasions, 67 teams holding the 3-1 advantage went on to win the series.

Estrada mowed down the first nine batters he faced. Volquez did settle down, but hit a speed bump in the sixth.

So Toronto had their 2-0 lead and in dramatic fashion. 318 with a homer and three RBIs. He gave up a single in each of the fourth and fifth.

Volquez walked Toronto leadoff hitter Ben Revere to start the seventh. Volquez then hit Josh Donaldson – as he did in an ill-tempered game back in August – on the elbow protector.

The offence, against a very, very good Edinson Volquez, eventually came in Game 5, with Troy Tulowitzki’s three-run double in the sixth inning allowing collars to loosen and hands to unclench.

Toronto forced the series back to Kansas City with a 7-1 rout on Wednesday, closing to 3-2. It won’t be easy for Price to pitch like he did in the regular season against Kansas City, who has had a lot of success against him. In this year’s best-of-five Division Series, Toronto fell behind 0-2, then won three straight against Texas. First place wins $150K and top 90K teams win cash! “Really that’s the story”. All arrows pointed to a solid pitching spell from the Kansas City Royals’ ace, Johnny Cueto.

They have clicked from the start, and it has gone on for four months now, through 108 nod-and-fire offerings on Wednesday. Many years down the road, David Price’s relatively short time with the Blue Jays will be remembered for whatever he does from 8:07pm onwards on October 23rd in Kansas City. And the Royals were hitting. 331 with runners on compared to.

Still, the Royals failed to generate any sort of offense against Estrada. And Tulowitzki delivered a few firepower of his own.