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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Talk about a 1-2-3 punch for the Toronto Blue Jays in these playoffs.The wild-card Blue Jays have rediscovered their power stroke in October, and are going home with a chance to sweep the Texas Rangers in the AL Division Series after a 5-3 win Friday.Edwin Encarnacion capped a three-homer burst in the fifth inning off Yu Darvish, and Toronto won on a dreary, misty afternoon for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five matchup.One important reminder, though: Last fall, Toronto lost the first two games of the ALDS at home against Texas, then rallied to win the series.I learned something last year ... you got to win three games, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. Theyve got a great team over there. You dont lead the American League, powerhouse league, you dont luck into that.Wearing spikes that had No Panic printed on them, closer Roberto Osuna got a five-out save that sent the Blue Jays home looking to clinch the series in Game 3 Sunday night.Osuna entered after reliever Francisco Liriano was hit near the back of the head by Carlos Gomezs line drive. Liriano was taken by ambulance after the game to a hospital, where he was checked out and then cleared to fly home with the team that evening. It was Osunas first appearance since he left the mound in the AL wild-card win Tuesday night with a shoulder injury that left his status in doubt.Kevin Pillar, Ezequiel Carrera and Encarnacion, who ended the wild-card game with a three-run homer in the 11th inning, hit solo homers in a five-batter span in the fifth. Troy Tulowitzkis two-run drive in the second put 20-game winner J.A. Happ and the Blue Jays ahead to stay.Getting behind in the count, and they were looking for fastballs, Darvish said through his interpreter. When I left it on the plate, they got it.Texas scored twice in the eighth, including Gomezs single that struck Liriano. The pitcher walked off the mound.A day after Cleveland homered three times in an inning against Boston and won its ALDS opener, the Blue Jays matched the feat against the team that won an AL-high 95 games this year. The home runs boosted the Blue Jays in a game in which they got outhit 13-6.While Toronto finished the regular season fourth in the majors with 221 homers, only eight came in the last 11 games. They already have eight in three postseason games.Home runs are always a good thing, Gibbons said.Darvish had as many strikeouts (four) in his five innings as homers allowed, becoming the first pitcher in the postseason to allow four homers in a game since Minnesotas Rick Reed against Oakland in Game 3 of the 2002 ALDS.Texas has lost five straight ALDS games to the Blue Jays since winning the first two games in Toronto last October. The Rangers dropped to 1-11 in ALDS games in their home ballpark, including Cole Hamels worst postseason outing in the 10-1 series-opening loss Thursday.Weve come back from a lot this year. ... We all believe in each other, said Texas outfielder Ian Desmond, who drove in two runs but was also thrown out trying to score on a grounder.Happ allowed nine hits but only run before leaving one batter into the sixth.You go into a game knowing that at some point theyre going to get their hits, Happ said. But yeah, it was a battle. It seemed like a long five innings.Osuna, who afterward said he felt no pain, came in a little earlier than planned, a move that followed Liriano getting struck.The ball off Gomezs bat was measured at 102 mph, and Liriano turned away just in time to avoid being hit in the face. Gomez winced as the ball caromed into right-center field for a single to make it 5-2.Desmond drove in a run with a grounder before Osuna struck out Carlos Beltran to end the eighth.Adrian Beltre was stranded at second after a leadoff double in the ninth.COOL DOWNAt first pitch, it was overcast with a temperature of 67 degrees, but the game started on time after rain fell overnight and in the early-morning hours at Globe Life Park. It was 90 degrees Thursday at the start of the series opener that was played under bright, sunny conditions.OUT AT HOMEDesmond had a leadoff double in the seventh, but was later thrown out at the plate after third baseman Josh Donaldson fielded a grounder. The out call stood after a replay challenge by the Rangers.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: 2B Devon Travis was scratched from the starting lineup about an hour before the first pitch because of right knee irritation.Rangers: RF Shin-Soo Choo was out of the lineup after playing Game 1, but manager Jeff Banister said Choo was fine physically. Choo was on the disabled list four times this year, and had missed 39 games with a broken left forearm until last weekend.UP NEXTBlue Jays: One of the two losses this season by RHP Aaron Sanchez, the AL ERA leader at 3.00, was to Texas. He gave up six runs, matching his season high, and was the loser in that May 15 game with the bench-clearing brawl after Toronto star Jose Bautista was punched by Rougned Odor.Rangers: RHP Colby Lewis is 4-1 with a 2.38 ERA in nine career postseason games (eight starts) for Texas. 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Boomer Esiason Womens Jersey . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. Renell Wren Womens Jersey . Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR.Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores says he does not understand why English football is so expensive and wants fans to be able to watch the game for free. His remarks come after the cost of a Premier League ticket came under scrutiny this week after Liverpool supporters staged a protest during their game against Sunderland.And Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew admits he fears the Premier Leagues future could be undermined if clubs continue to raise their admission prices. Liverpool have subsequently frozen match and season ticket prices for next season while Fenway Sports Group, the clubs owners, issued an apology to their supporters in an open letter on Wednesday.While Watford are yet to reveal their pricing structure beyond this term - their most expensive ticket for their next home league match against Bournemouth is £42 - Flores wishes supporters across the land did not have to pay to watch their team. Watfords manager Quique Sanchez Flores thinks football fans should get free tickets I want to say that I would like the fans to pay as little as possible, said Flores, whose side play Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday. It is an amazing love that the fans feel for their team but unfortunately football is not cheap, it is expensive.Sometimes the situation of the families is not so good, so if you are talking with me about what I think, I would like them to go for free, and if not free, cheap. I dont understand why football is expensive for the people because the football is great for the fans.But football is more and more of a business and it is difficult to think that it will ever be free. Crystal Palaces Alan Pardew believes club owners could undermine the Premier Leagues future.dddddddddddd Crystal Palace are among several clubs to have raised some ticket prices, but Pardew has urged club owners to wake up to reality as they risk alienating their own supporters. And with Selhurst Park remaining one of very few English stadiums currently retaining a traditional football atmosphere with few tourists and corporate partners watching, Pardew has emphasised the importance of the fans. The owners of the football clubs need to really consider carefully that they dont lose the core supporters that we have, he said. Because if they think its just the product on the pitch that makes the Premier League what is it, it isnt. Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has warned that clubs could alienate fans by making football too expensive to watch Its the atmosphere. Its the drive from those core supporters that makes the atmosphere and the game unfold the way it does. You wont have those dramatic finishes, those edgy games, those really conflictual games that we have without those fans.The Premier League has also weighed in on the argument, but admitted it is unsure how it can help clubs resolve the issue.There is absolute agreement from the 20 clubs that something needs to be done to help fans with costs, a spokesman said.At the moment there is not a consensus on what form that help will take. That is what we are working on, but it is going to be something meaningful for the start of next season. Also See: Premier League video Fixtures Table Live on Sky Get Sky Sports ' ' '