Blue Jays to serve beer in cups after can-throwing incident

But Jays fans were well behaved as no major incidents have been reported in Toronto. Fortunately for the Blue Jays, that wasn’t an issue.

With one out and the winning run in scoring position, Russell Martin stepped in against the hard-throwing rookie. That swing must have removed the sting of being on the receiving end of the loudest Rogers Centre booing during pre-game introductions.

And now they’re onto the ALCS.

In Game 3 of the American League Division Series, the Blue Jays got a lead, blew a lead, tied it again, and if you thought it was tense watching the lunacy of American politics on the other channels with nuclear weapons on the line, well, maybe that made you feel better about this game.

This one was over quickly.

Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro, who spent 24 years with Cleveland before joining Toronto last fall, said he’d already reached out to one former Indians colleague about a potential ALCS meeting. The Blue Jays didn’t just dispose of the AL’s best regular-season team.

“Unfortunately we didn’t click at the right time”, Andrus said.

The Indians are seeking to give title-starved Cleveland its second championship in less than a year after the NBA’s Cavaliers ended a 52-year drought dating to a 1964 NFL championship for football’s Browns. But it wasn’t exactly that simple. The game continued into extras and you just got the feeling the Rangers were dead in the water. You also need to score runs.

Routs may not be decided by the slimmest of margins, but they can certainly start that way. Other players, if not hurting, are worn out and sore and could really use a couple days of R and R. Closer Roberto Osuna, who left last week’s wild-card game against the Baltimore Orioles when he felt his shoulder “stretch”, comes to mind. A Game 5 between the Cubs and Giants would take place at Wrigley Field on Thursday at 5:40 (FS1) to wrap up Division Series play.

None of the balls were hit exceptionally far. Two batters later, Ezequiel Carrera raked a 396-foot shot to right-centre.

Broom salesmen in Toronto are making a killing this week.

Lirianio was injured in the eighth inning of Game 2 when he struck in the back of the head by a Carlos Gomez line drive measured at 102 miles per hour. That chased Lewis. Encarnacion then singled Donaldson home for a 5-2 lead.

No matter. The throw went in low, lower, and short-hopped Moreland behind first base, where first he lunged toward Martin running past the pad before turning awkwardly as the ball slipped from his hands. Beltran walked to lead off the inning and was forced out at second on a grounder to second by Adrian Beltre.

In that sense, the final run wasn’t the only important part; they had to hold on, too.

Texas has lost six straight postseason games, all to Toronto.

Five outs were not enough on this night.

Two key Toronto pitchers remain out.

He is 22 years old. A native of Dallas, Taylor spent the past 20 years writing for The Dallas Morning News, where he covered high schools sports, the Texas Rangers and spent 11 seasons covering the Dallas Cowboys before becoming a general columnist in 2006. Toronto fans will take no small satisfaction in that, given Odor has been the Hatfield to Bautista’s McCoy after slugging the Toronto outfielder with a right hook to the face in May after taking umbrage at a hard slide. He’s now gone multiple innings in seven of his last 12 appearances, from September 16 to Sunday.