Cool hand Lewis: Ranger ready for Game 3

TORONTO — All the clichés surrounding the Rangers’ predicament in the American League Division Series aren’t likely to faze Colby Lewis.

The Rangers, down 2-0 in the ALDS, will be in win-or-go-home mode for Game 3 on Sunday (7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT on TBS in the United States and Sportsnet (English) and TVA (French) in Canada. The game will also be broadcast in Spanish on MLB Network) at Rogers Centre, but Lewis has been through too much in his career to let that get to him.

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“I don’t feel like it’s a burden,” Lewis said. “I feel like it’s an opportunity. Anytime I talk to young kids or anything like that, it’s about opportunity. Just like going to Japan or anything like that in my career, I feel like it’s an opportunity for me to go out, perform, see what I can do, embrace it. So there’s no extra pressure or anything like.”

Lewis will be going up against Blue Jays 15-game winner Aaron Sanchez on Sunday.

“I feel like it’s baseball,” Lewis said. “It’s something that I have done since I was 5 years old. I just go out there and enjoy it.”

Lewis has been on this stage before and thrived. He made eight starts for the Rangers in the postseason in 2010-11 and was 4-1 with a 2.38 ERA.

“He has been the best pitcher for this franchise in …

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