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Blue Jays' pickoff hopes thwarted by hit

After Odor reached first on a hit-by-pitch, he moved up a base on a Robinson Chirinos groundout. With the count 2-1 on DeShields, Price threw a changeup, and the hope was that if the right-handed-hitting DeShields made contact at all, he would pull it. Otherwise, Martin would receive the ball and they would attempt the pickoff.

But the ball never reached Martin. DeShields slapped a single through the hole created by Goins, scoring Odor to give the Rangers a one-run lead. DeShields would later score to make it 2-0 after three innings.

"Something we've done quite a bit this year," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.