Choo’s homer was the first for the Rangers since Odor connected off David Price in the seventh inning of Game 1.

“As i go to bed i think about how i blessed i am to even have gotten the chance to do something so positive for a city like what i did tonight…Much Love Toronto and Mama Canada”, Bautista wrote on Instagram.

Andrus is one seven Rangers who were also part of that 2011 World Series, when twice in Game 6 at St. Louis they were within a strike a strike of a championship before losing in 11 innings.

There were many heroes in the Blue Jays’ stunning win over the Texas Rangers in the American League Divisional Series on Wednesday night, but the team’s stars were hailed for returning to the field and celebrating with fans after the game. He’s batting. 273 with two home runs through five post-season games.

Toronto cut the deficit in half in the third on Bautista’s two-out double.

The Royals and Blue Jays already have played a contentious set of games this season, including a matchup in Toronto marked by two bench-clearing incidents. Pillar made a spectacular snag in the fourth inning of Game 5, running from deep to shallow centre, diving forward and getting his glove under a ball before it hit the turf to rob Josh Hamilton of a base hit.

The last time Toronto met the Kansas City Royals in the playoffs was a heartbreaker for the Blue Jays.

Roberto Osuna’s parents joined the celebration in the Jays’ clubhouse. “For him to be able to step up the way he has, that’s special”.

“The highly unfortunate reactions of a group of fans at Rogers Centre in Wednesday’s game represented a major source of concern”, the league said in a statement Thursday. The next day he again worked a ideal ninth to help Toronto even the series.

A controversial play that put the game under protest, Toronto fans throwing beer on the field, multiple home runs and an epic bat flip made for an incredible game.

Over at NBC SportsWorld, our Joe Posnanski and Michael Schur - the man behind “Parks and Recreation”, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and the late, great “Fire Joe Morgan” under his nom de plume, Ken Tremendous - talk about last night’s Game 5 between the Rangers and the Blue Jays.

The Blue Jays, who start Marco Estrada in the opener, won three straight elimination games against Texas to reach their first AL Championship Series since 1993.