Blue Jays Win in Walk-Off Fashion Again, Sweep Rangers to Advance to ALCS

Boy, these Blue Jays are fun.

Toronto won in walk-off fashion again, downing the Rangers 7-6 on a wild game-ending play in the 10th inning of Game 3 on Sunday to advance to the ALCS.

Rougned Odor, ironically, was charged with an error after making a bad throw to first when he went to turn what could have been an inning-ending double play, allowing Josh Donaldson to score from second base. Mitch Moreland was unable to field Odor's throw cleanly, and by the time he recovered, Donaldson was already breaking for home, and safely slid in headfirst to send the Blue Jays to their second consecutive ALCS.

It's the first time in franchise history that the Blue Jays have swept a postseason series.

Less than a week after winning the thrilling AL wild-card game on an Edwin Encarnacion walk-off homer, the Jays delighted the raucous Toronto crowd to another exhilarating contest, the best of the short series.

Texas went up 1-0 in the top of the first, but the Blue Jays answered back in the bottom half of the inning with three runs on a two run-shot from Encarnacion and solo bomb by Russell Martin. Toronto took a 5-4 lead into the sixth, but a two-run double by Moreland put the Rangers up one. Texas didn't stay ahead for long, though, as a passed ball with the bases loaded in the bottom half of the frame allowed Troy Tulowitzki to score from third and even things at 6-6.

It remained that way until the 2015 AL MVP sent the Rangers packing, marking the second straight year the Blue Jays have eliminated the Rangers from the playoffs. The bad blood between these two made this arguably the most hyped up LDS matchup, but it ultimately proved to be one-sided.

The Blue Jays demolished Cole Hamels and Yu Darvish on the road to come back home to Toronto up 2-0, before winning their fourth straight postseason game after clinching a playoff spot on the final day of the season. They'll face the winner of Boston and Cleveland for a chance to go to the World Series. The Indians are up 2-0 with Game 3 scheduled for Monday at 6:00 PM ET after bad weather postponed Sunday's contest.

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