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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
As I said last week, Texas is the absolutely worst team Toronto could have drawn. They were just as hot as the Jays since the All-Star break, and are the only team that had the potential to score as many runs as the Jays if everything aligned for them (which it has). These guys were full of confidence and wouldn't fear the Jays, and wouldn't be intimidated by the Jays like the other teams would. All the other teams saw the Jays come up from the rear view mirror, while Texas was running with the Jays.
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Except the Rangers haven't done anything special to win these games. The middle of their order that carried them through August & September has been neutralized. The Jays have just threw these games away. Price admitted he let the nerves get to him in game one - over pitching led to a bunch of easy walks and hit batters that came around to score.
In today's game, the Rangers effectively generated two runs in 14 innings (an arguably less if the MLB calls Odor out which he clearly was). The Jays gave away 2 runs in the first inning on ugly plays. Then Donaldson gave away another run in the 3rd by abandoning third base and advancing the runner, leading to a sac fly.
The Jays have given two games away. The Rangers momentum has had nothing to do with that. If they came here and pounded the ball around for 15 runs in two games you might have a leg to stand on (but you'd still be wrong and ignoring all the historical data), but the Rangers have limped to two victories when the Jays did everything they possibly could to lose them.