Jays confident they’ll get good at-bats vs. Hamels
As they used to say around the batting cage in August?
“Who’s next?”
Blue Jays hitters weren’t referring to whose turn it was, but rather who would they face.
Next is lefty Cole Hamels.
The Jays came to Globe Life Park down 2-0, beat Texas Rangers lefties Martin Perez and Derek Holland on Sunday and Monday to square the best-of-five, American League Division Series at 2-2.
Game 5 is 4:07 Wednesday afternoon at the Rogers Centre.
Hamels has a better post-season pedigree than either Perez or Holland. He’s won seven of 14 playoff starts and could have registered the win in Game 2 at the Rogers Centre allowing four runs — two earned — in seven innings. Hanser Alberto’s clank at third allowed the Jays to score twice.
Five of his wins came in six starts as the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series over David Price’s Tampa Bay Rays in five games.
“We’ll be ready for whatever,” said Edwin Encarnacion, who is 5-for-17 (.294) with a so
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