Cuckoo for Coco: Crisp’s grab thwarts Jays

At a crucial moment for the Blue Jays on Monday night, in the bottom of the seventh inning, Josh Donaldson squared up a pitch for what could have been a breakthrough hit. But in an American League Championship Series that has been full of frustration for Toronto, the ball wound up in the glove of sliding Indians left fielder Coco Crisp.

Crisp’s catch squelched a rally, and Cleveland went on to take a 4-2 victory at Rogers Centre and a commanding 3-0 lead in this best-of-seven series.

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As Statcast™ shows, good fortune was not with Donaldson on this particular play, when he faced Indians right-hander Cody Allen with runners at first and second and two outs in the seventh. The Jays trailed by two runs and needed the reigning AL MVP to deliver his fifth hit in five at-bats with men in scoring position this postseason.

Allen entered Monday having not allowed a run in five innings during the playoffs, and he held …

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