The Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays will face off in Game 4 of their AL Championship Series on Tuesday afternoon. This MLB Playoffs 2015 series came alive on Monday night when the Blue Jays stormed back into contention with a big 11-8 win. Their big hitters will need to keep it up today if they are to claim a second straight win and claw back the series to 2-2. The game has a scheduled start time of 4 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the Fox Sports 1 network or online through live stream via the link below.
Game 3 was packed with incidents and was one for the fans with 19 runs scored through the game.
By the end of the third innings the Blue Jays' big hitters have already imposed themselves and gotten Toronto into a 9-2 lead.
The Blue Jays picked off another run in the 5th inning, and one more in the eighth, where as the Royals left it late to make their claim for the win. After picking up two runs in the fifth inning, Kansas City smashed four at the top of the ninth to give Toronto fans some concern, but in the end the Blue Jays could sigh a big sigh of relief as they held off the Royals' surge to claim the win.
That Game 3 victory must only be the start of things though if Toronto are to fight their way back into this series. If they lose today they will be on the verge of elimination, and would face three potential must win games to steal the series.
However, if the Blue Jays can level things up to 2-2 today then they would have momentum back on their side and would feel confident to take a 3-2 lead in the third and final game to take place at Rogers Centre in Game 5 before things move back to Kansas.
Chris Young and R.A. Dickey will be the starters for the two teams today, and both will have to be at their best to halt an avalanche of runs if Game 3 was anything to go by.
Dickey managed only 4 2/3 innings in his last appearance in Game 4 of the ALDS. But over those innings he only allowed a single run. This past season he went 11-11 with a 3.91 ERA and 126 K. Back in August when he faced the Kansas City Royals he threw seven shutout innings, and will be hoping to replicate that today.
Meanwhile for Young, he allowed just a single run over four innings in Game 1 of the ALDS when he faced the Houston Astros. This year he has already faced the Blue Jays, but at that time he allowed three runs over six innings.
Whether the Blue Jays can build upon their Game 3 win or whether the Royals will be able to turn the screw and move to within one more win of the World Series remains to be seen.
Today's massive MLB Playoffs 2015 ALCS Game 4 between the Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays has a scheduled start time of 4 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the Fox Sports 1 network or online through live stream by clicking here.
