Tribe pays for walking to get to Encarnacion

TORONTO — For the second time in the 2016 postseason, Edwin Encarnacion delivered a huge hit for the Blue Jays in a must-win game, helping his team earn a 5-1 win in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday at Rogers Centre.

The “circumstances,” to use a term from earlier in the series, seemed to swing Toronto’s way after a rare questionable decision by Cleveland manager Terry Francona, whose team had a chance to sweep the ALCS.

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With runners on the corners and no outs in the seventh inning, Francona chose to intentionally walk Josh Donaldson to load the bases, setting up a showdown between reliever Bryan Shaw and Encarnacion.

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Much like he did with his walk-off home run in the AL Wild Card Game against the Orioles on Oct. 4, Encarnacion took matters into his own hands and made sure the Blue Jays would see …

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