2016 Toronto Blue Jays season: Difference between revisions

On October 4, the Toronto Blue Jays hosted the Baltimore Orioles at the Rogers Centre in the American League Wild Card Game. The starters, Marcus Stroman for the Blue Jays and [[Chris Tillman]] for the Orioles, were announced on October 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-stroman-start-al-wild-card-game-vs-orioles/|title=Blue Jays' Stroman to start AL wild-card game vs. Orioles|work=[[Sportsnet]]|date=October 3, 2016|access-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref> In the bottom of the second inning, José Bautista hit a solo home run to give Toronto a 1–0 lead. American League home run leader [[Mark Trumbo]] hit a two-run home run in the top of the fourth inning to give Baltimore a 2–1 lead. Ezequiel Carrera singled in a run in the fifth inning to tie the game at 2–2. In the seventh inning, Melvin Upton Jr. pinch-hit for Michael Saunders and flew out to [[Hyun-soo Kim]] in left field. A person in the outfield seats, later identified by [[Toronto Police Service|Toronto police]] as Kenneth Pagan, threw a beer can in the direction of Kim, landing several feet away and causing the game to be briefly delayed while police searched for the perpetrator. Pagan, a 41-year-old copy editor for [[Postmedia Network]] from [[Hamilton, Ontario]], was later charged with mischief after surrendering himself to Toronto police amid the publication of his face from Rogers Centre security footage.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Draaisma|first1=Muriel|last2=Janus|first2=Andrea|title=Blue Jays fan wanted in beer-can throwing incident charged with mischief|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/beer-can-suspect-1.3793858|access-date=October 7, 2016|work=[[CBC News]]|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> With the game still tied, Roberto Osuna came in to pitch the ninth and tenth innings, but left after recording an out in the tenth with minor shoulder tightness. With one out in the bottom of the eleventh, Orioles manager [[Buck Showalter]] elected to use Ubaldo Jiménez in relief, still having [[Cy Young Award]] candidate [[Zach Britton]] available. Jiménez allowed a single to Devon Travis, followed by a single by Josh Donaldson which was misplayed by outfielder [[Nolan Reimold]], allowing Travis to advance to third base. With the winning run 90 feet away, [[Edwin Encarnación]] hit a walk-off, three-run home run on the first pitch to give the Blue Jays a 5–2 victory and send them to the American League Division Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article/204957478/blue-jays-beat-orioles-in-al-wild-card-game/|title=Blue Jays oust O's in 11th on Edwin's blast|last1=Chisholm|first1=Gregor|last2=Ghiroli|first2=Brittany|work=MLB.com|date=October 5, 2016|access-date=October 5, 2016|archive-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006053742/http://m.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article/204957478/blue-jays-beat-orioles-in-al-wild-card-game/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

 

 

===American League Division Series===