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SPORTSTuesday 13 October 2015
Blue Jays force Game 5 in ALDS with 8-4 win at Texas
STEPHEN HAWKINS Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey (43) delivers the ball to Texas Rangers during the third and seventh innings.
AP SPORTS WRITER first inning in Game 4 of baseball’s American League Division Series Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, in Dickey, who turns 41 on
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Arlington, Texas. Oct. 29, made his postsea-
The Toronto Blue Jays went son debut in the stadium
deep early and used a pair Associated Press where he got his first ma-
of Cy Young winners to jor league victory for the
force a deciding Game 5 two games on the road - series games at home. Donaldson walked and Rangers in 2003. He was the
in the AL Division Series. Oakland against the New Adrian Beltre, who hadn’t Jose Bautista doubled high 18th overall pick by Texas in
Josh Donaldson and Chris York Yankees in 2001, and played since exiting early off the 14-foot wall in left 1996, pitched in his first big
Colabello hit home runs Cincinnati to San Francisco from the series opener be- field to start the third. The league game in 2001 and
before 40-year-old knuck- in 2012. cause of lower back stiff- Texas lefty has allowed six in 2005 started learning
leballer R.A. Dickey threw ness, was a late addition homers in eight-plus innings how to throw the knuckle-
his first postseason pitch, On the way to their first to the Rangers’ starting against the Blue Jays this ball while still with the Rang-
and the Blue Jays won 8-4 World Series in 2010, the lineup. season - they hit three hom- ers.
in Game 4 on Monday to Rangers won the first two Beltre had two singles and ers in six innings against him
send the series back to To- games of the ALDS at Tam- a deep flyout, but the in a 6-5 win on Aug. 25. Even Dickey, in his 13th ma-
ronto. pa Bay, then lost Games 36-year-old third baseman Ben Revere started the jor league season and his
Game 5 is Wednesday. 3 and 4 at home before clearly was still having issues game with a bunt single fifth team, even talked the
Cole Hamels starts for the winning the deciding fifth with his back he hurt sliding and Donaldson followed day before his start about
Rangers against Marcus game against the Rays on into second base Thursday. with his second homer of how things have come full
Stroman in a rematch from the road. He moved gingerly going the series. Colabello’s two- circle for him, calling it “po-
Game 2, which Texas won The Blue Jays, in the play- to first base after both hits, out homer made it 3-0 be- etic ... a neat narrative.”
in 14 innings. offs for the first time since and did the same when fore Texas even batted. But Dickey, whose Cy
After losing the first two their 1993 World Series advancing to second base Pillar put the Blue Jays up Young came after winning
games in the series at championship, have won on the wild pitch that al- 4-0 when his 412-foot shot 20 games for the New York
home, the Blue Jays won nine of their last 10 post- lowed Shin-Soo Choo to deep into their bullpen in Mets, came up one out
both games in Texas in a season road games. Texas score in the third inning. left field in the second. He short of qualifying for the
span of 24 hours. dropped to 1-9 in division Holland was gone after also had RBI singles in the win when he was replaced
Dickey, the 2012 NL Cy by Price with two outs in the
Young winner, allowed one fifth and a 7-1 lead. Dickey
run over 4 2-3 innings and gave up five hits with three
was pulled with a 7-1 lead strikeouts and no walks.
and a runner on base. Then The Rangers got three runs
2012 AL Cy Young winner off Price, who was gone af-
David Price took over and ter a two-out RBI single by
pitched three innings, get- Elvis Andrus in the eighth
ting the win after losing in that made it 8-4.
the opener. Price won his Cy Young with
Kevin Pillar also connected Tampa Bay, was traded to
as three of the first eight To- Detroit midway through the
ronto hitters homered off 2014 season and acquired
Derek Holland, in his first by the Blue Jays on July 30.
postseason start since 8 1-3 He allowed five runs and
scoreless innings against St. five hits over seven innings
Louis in Game 4 of the 2011 in Game 1 on Thursday,
World Series. when he dropped to 0-6
Only two teams in MLB his- in six playoff starts. His only
tory have lost a best-of-five other postseason victory
series after winning the first was also in relief.q
Manny Pacquiao says shoulder
80-90 percent healed
Manny Pacquiao demonstrates the mobility of his arm after be- healed and he expects to vows don’t always hold up. punches,” Pacquiao said
ing asked about his health at the Asia Society in New York, Mon- resume training in Novem- “If you ask me, of course, Monday.
day, Oct. 12, 2015. Pacquiao will be honored by the society as ber or December, with a I want a rematch,” Pac- Asked if he could change
the Asia Game Changer of the Year. return to the ring in March. quiao said. “I heard that he that in a rematch, Pac-
Pacquiao acknowledged retired already. If he really quiao said, “I think so, es-
Associated Press that Amir Khan was a pos- retired, then there’s no re- pecially (after) I fixed my
sible opponent, but add- match. But if not...” shoulder.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Manny that his surgically repaired ed no determination had Pacquiao injured his shoul- Pacquiao, a congressman
Pacquiao said Monday shoulder is 80-90 percent been made. der three weeks before in the Philippines, was in
Pacquiao had surgery on the fight. He later said he Manhattan to be honored
his right shoulder four days aggravated it in the fourth with the Asia Society’s Asia
after he lost by unanimous round, when he landed Game Changer of the Year
decision to Floyd May- some of his best punches Award. He is running for the
weather Jr. in boxing’s rich- of the night against May- Philippines’ 24-seat Senate,
est fight ever in May. May- weather. a national position that
weather says he’s retiring, “He kept moving around has been used as a spring-
though Pacquiao recog- and didn’t want to fight toe board for vice president or
nizes that in boxing, those to toe with me, exchanging president.q
