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Rangers can look to 2015 Jays for inspiration
- Updated: October 8, 2016
ARLINGTON — The Rangers’ inability to come through with runners in scoring position has left them in the same position the Blue Jays were in last year.
Texas went 2-for-18 with runners in scoring position and left 13 runners on base during a 5-3 loss to Toronto in Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Friday afternoon at Globe Life Park.
The Rangers now face a 2-0 series deficit, becoming the 54th team to lose the first two games of a best-of-five LDS. Of the previous 53, only seven times has a team come back to win three straight and advance to the League Championship Series. The Blue Jays did it to the Rangers last year after losing the first two in Toronto.
Game Date Time Matchup TV/Highlights Gm 1 Oct. 6 TOR 10, TEX 1 Gm 2 Oct. 7 TOR 5 TEX 3 Gm 3 Oct. 9 7:30 p.m. TEX @ TOR TBS/SN/TVA *Gm 4 Oct. 10 1 or 6 p.m. TEX @ TOR TBS/SN/TVA *Gm 5 Oct. 12 8 or 9:30 p.m. TOR @ TEX TBS/SN/TVA *- If necessary | All times listed ETShop for postseason gear: Rangers | Blue Jays • Complete Postseason coverage
“Yeah, I mean, we are up against it,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. “We’ve got to win three in a row. We were on the other side last year. We’ve been in situations where we won three games in a row before. We’ve got to start with one.”
That one is Game 3, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT at Rogers Centre on Sunday, and it will be broadcast on TBS in the United States and Sportsnet (English) and TVA (French) in Canada.
“It’s definitely not a spot you want to be in,” first baseman Mitch Moreland said. “But that’s where we are with our backs against the wall. It’s a do-or-die game. We’ve got to be …
