Tulowitzki keeps Blue Jays alive in ALDS

Both Estrada and Rangers’ starter Martin Perez started off well, both hurling two ideal innings before Toronto broke through in the third inning with a run-scoring double play by Ryan Goins. After losing the first two games at home, Toronto came back in Game 3 to beat the Texas Rangers on the road behind a strong start by Marco Estrada in a 5-1 victory.

In Game 4 of the division series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers, expect a war as one team tries to extend the match-up while the other attempts to complete an upset.

Texas second baseman Rougned Odor has been nothing short of a beast through the first two games. “They actually weren’t very aggressive early on and we were trying to get ahead early on”. Tons of treatment to be honest with you. “Baseball is baseball and I hadn’t gotten a hit in two games”.

Hamels didn’t look his best in the Rangers 6-4 triumph in Game 2 on Friday while giving up four runs on six hits.

Tulowitzki’s four RBIs were the most for a Blue Jay in a playoff game since Joe Carter drove in four runs in the Game 6 World Series clincher against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1993.

“It was definitely huge and in the moment I was definitely pumped up”.

“It’s that time of the year, I’ll be ready in the bullpen, David will be ready, everyone will be ready”, said Stroman. “A little breathing room, I think that’s the goal down 2-0”. The Tulo home run not only was his biggest hit as a Blue Jay but maybe the biggest hit of the 2015 season. Maybe that sets him off…. Or, as Gibbons put it: “If he catches fire, we’re real unsafe”.

Every few seconds or so Tulowitzki’s ice-encased shoulder would start shuttering, like the rear end of a dog emerging from a swim, from the electrical jolts he was absorbing.

“We’ve been in this situation before”. Even if we would have won today, I would have had the same mentality going into the game on Sunday. Game 4 goes Monday at Globe Life Park in Arlington.

Rangers pitcher Chi Chi Gonzalez, who relieved starter Martin Perez with the bases loaded, threw two fastballs right down the middle of the plate. “Mitch Moreland did the same tonight”.

Pitching on 11 days’ rest, Price (0-1) allowed five runs and five hits in seven innings.

Banister said Beltre had “a lot of improvement and is still getting worked”.

Tulowitzki, who was picked up by the Jays in late July, managed to put of 4 RBI’s last night, including a big 3 run homer in the sixth.

Tulowitzki was a career. Offensively, the Blue Jays were much more aggressive on Sunday night, particularly when running the bases.

Game four of the best-of-five series will be played Monday in Texas at 1:07 p.m. (PDT). Navarro ended the threat by grounding into another double play. They are not all going to be great at-bats. “You wonder what’s going on here, you go maybe this isn’t meant to be”. He has a career 3.79 postseason ERA in 13 appearances, while Dickey, 40, has never pitched in the playoffs.

“I will gladly go 0-for to get a win any day” said Hamilton. “It’s poetic, is what it is for me”.