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 Tulowitzki had gone 0-for-11 with a walk before his home run to left
field busted a 2-0 game wide open in the top of the sixth inning.
The Rangers now lead the best-of-five American League Division
Series 2-1 with Game Four back in Arlington, Texas on Monday.
"I haven’t been swinging the bat the greatest,” Tulowitzki said. "I
was trying to put a good swing on it and obviously had the count in
my favor and got a good pitch (change up) to hit."
Tulowitzki joined the Blue Jays in a trade with the Colorado Rockies
in late July. But he missed three weeks last month after he suffered
a shoulder injury in an on-field collision with teammate Kevin
Pillar. He returned for a few games at the end of the regular
season.
"I’m still battling it," he said afterwards with a huge ice pack on
his left shoulder. "I said that at the beginning of the series. I’m
not at my best, but I’m good enough to go out there and today it was
good enough to win the game."
Tulowitzki singled in his next at-bat with a sharp single to left
field.
"(Tulowitzki) needed that, he really did,” Blue Jays manager John
Gibbons said. "He had that long layoff with the injury. It’s been a
battle for him this year, offensively.
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"He’s had some key hits along the way, but not like he normally
does. If he catches fire, we’re real dangerous.”
This was the Blue Jays' first postseason win since they won the
second of their back-to-back World Series championships in 1993.
"This was huge," Tulowitzki said. "If we can get another win
tomorrow we go back to Toronto (for Game Five)."
(Reporting by Tim Wharnsby; Editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
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