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Jun 11 '18
TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays are running out of time to solve their startling power outage in the AL Championship Series. Maillot Kylian Mbappe .Things were supposed to be different when Toronto returned home to hitter-friendly Rogers Centre for Game 3 on Monday night. Instead, it was more of the same for the run-starved Blue Jays, who scratched out two runs and six hits against seven Cleveland Indians pitchers in a 4-2 loss that put Toronto in a 3-0 series hole.Game 4 is Tuesday afternoon, and the test only gets tougher with Cy Young Award candidate Corey Kluber scheduled to start for Cleveland.Weve got our work cut out for us, Toronto manager John Gibbons said. Thats an understatement.The Blue Jays scored 759 runs in the regular season, fifth most in the AL. After beating Baltimore in the wild-card game, Toronto pounded out 22 runs and hit eight homers in a three-game sweep of Texas in the Division Series.Those booming bats have gone ice cold since. Michael Saunders ended the teams 28-inning homerless streak with a leadoff shot in the second inning, but Toronto has produced just three runs in three ALCS losses to Cleveland. The Blue Jays have 17 hits in the series, 13 of them singles.I still believe our offense is due to erupt, Gibbons said. It hasnt happened yet. But Ive seen it too many times. Hopefully tomorrow is that day, well see.A desperate Gibbons shuffled his lineup for Game 3, moving slugger Jose Bautista into the leadoff spot and dropping Ezequiel Carrera to eighth. Bautista went 1 for 3 with a walk and a single, and Carrera had two hits.Saunders homer came off Dan Otero, Torontos first of the ALCS. Carrera tripled and scored in the fifth, giving the Blue Jays multiple extra-base hits in a game for the first time this series.Still, it wasnt enough to keep the Blue Jays from another offensive dud.Toronto struck out 25 times over the first two games of the series and punched out nine times in Game 3. The Blue Jays again faltered against the back end of Clevelands bullpen, going 2 for 11 against Cody Allen and Andrew Miller on Monday. Toronto is 3 for 29 from the seventh inning on in the series so far.The Blue Jays did put runners at first and second with two outs in the seventh against Allen on Monday, but reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson ended the inning by lining out hard to left field on the first pitch, with Coco Crisp making a sliding catch. Maillot Pogba France . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand. Maillot Hugo Lloris . You can watch the game live on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Flyers had won seven of eight before dropping their last two outings on consecutive days over the weekend. Philadelphia was handed a 6-3 loss by the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon before dropping a 4-1 decision to the Rangers the following night in New York City. http:///...rabiot-pas-cher.html . -- Anaheim Ducks captain and leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf has been scratched from Sunday nights game against the Vancouver Canucks because of an upper-body injury. CHICAGO -- The Oakland Athletics made another costly mistake Sunday.A low throw by second baseman Chad Pinder on a double-play attempt led to Chicago scoring three runs in the first inning and the Athletics never recovered on the way to a 4-2 loss to the White Sox on Sunday.Ive just got to be better and more accurate with that throw, said Pinder, who had several family members in attendance for his first start in the majors.The loss was Oaklands seventh in its last eight games.We had a bad trip, frustrated As manager Bob Melvin said. You know, 1-5 is no good.Zach Neal (2-3) allowed four runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings in place of Jesse Hahn, who had been expected to come off the disabled list. Hahn suffered discomfort in his strained right shoulder in a bullpen session on Friday and will need another rehab game before rejoining the Athletics rotation.Jose Quintana pitched into the eighth inning to earn a career-best 10th win and Jose Abreu homered for the second straight game to lead Chicago. Todd Frazier had three hits and drove in two runs, and Justin Morneau added an RBI double in a three-run first as the White Sox took the final two games of the series. Tim Anderson also had three hits.The White Sox staked Quintana to a 3-0 lead in the bottom half. After the As failed to turn Abreus grounder into an inning-ending double play, Morneau doubled in the first run. Then Fraziers single drove in two more.I cant control that (throw), Neal said. My job there is to get a ground ball and try to force two (outs), and I did. Some days its turned. Some days its not. Thats just the way it is.Khris Davis hit his 32nd homer, a two-run shot, off Quintana (10-9) who finished with nine wins in each of the previous three seasons. The left-hander gave up eight hits while striking out six and walking one to improve to 5-1 with a 2.25 ERA in his last nine starts.Oaklands Marcus Semien had two doubles and Jake Smolinski singled twice.Quintana got two quick strikes on Smolinski to lead off the eighth, but walked him and then was replaced by Nate Jones. After Jones tossed a scoreless inning, David Robertson go the last three outs for his 32nd save in 38 chances.It helps a lot especially for him, the lack of run support hes had over a period of time, Chicago manager Robin Ventura said of the early lead. It looks a litttle bit like his day. Maillot Pogba Equipe De France. After (the first), he was pretty strong.Quintana, who entered with a run support average of 3.31 per nine innings pitched -- second lowest in the AL -- got more help than usual from his teammates, both offensively and defensively.Center fielder J.B. Shuck made two great catches, including a running grab of Ryon Healys hard-hit line drive with two outs in the first and runners on second and third.After Semien led off the fourth with his second double of game, Davis followed with his homer deep to right center to cut it to 3-2. Shuck made a another great catch, this time diving to grab Brett Eibners sinking liner, for the second out.Abreu led off the bottom half with his 16th homer to make it 4-2.FIRST HITPinder, who went 0 for 4 in major league debut Saturday, was back in the lineup and got an infield single in the seventh for his first career hit. The As second-round pick in 2013, Pinder is the 46th player to appear in a game for Oakland this season.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: DH Billy Butler sat out with a stomach illness for the second day. ... LHP Sean Doolittle, on the DL since June 26 (strained left shoulder), will have his rehab assignment at Triple-A Nashville extended a few more days. ... RHP Henderson Alvarez, out all season as recovers from shoulder surgery, threw 25 pitches in a bullpen session on Sunday and will be re-evaluated on Monday.White Sox: INF Tyler Saladino (back) didnt start for a third game for what manager Robin Ventura called precautionary reasons, but is expected to return Tuesday. ... 2B Brett Lawrie (hamstring, quadriceps) left Double-A Birminghams game on Saturday after four innings after sitting out two games. Ventura said Lawrie needs to show he can go longer in a game before returning.UP NEXTAthletics: RHP Andrew Triggs (0-1, 4.98) faces RHP Carlos Carrasco (8-6, 3.34) as the As open a three game series at Cleveland.White Sox: Following a day off on Monday, LHP Carlos Rodon (3-8, 4.26) takes the mound against Jake Thompson (1-2, 8.79) when Chicago hosts the Phillies in the first of a two-game set. Rodon is 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA and 16 strikeouts in his last three starts after a stint on DL (sprained left wrist).Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Outlet China Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NFL Gear Cheap NFL T-shirts Wholesale NFL White Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China ' ' '
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