The first two games of each series were similar, as the Majors' best offence went quiet and put the Blue Jays in an early hole. Toronto's bats eventually broke out with 19 combined runs in Games 3-5 vs. the Rangers in the ALDS, and the club fully intends to have history repeat itself.
"That's how we win, we've been doing it all year," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "In those first couple of games in Texas, they held us in check, and we broke out in the games down there. ... That's who we are. That's how we win, so we need that.