The Toronto Blue Jays remain alive in the American League championship after a 5-1 win over Cleveland. Josh Donaldson hit a homer in the third inning that gave the Jays the lead for the first time in the playoff series. Game five goes this afternoon at 5:00 with Marco Estrada starting for Toronto against Ryan Merritt of Cleveland.
Rich Hill allowed just two hits over six innings to beat Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta and the Chicago Cubs 6-0 to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2 games to 1 lead in the National League championship series. Game 4 will be played tonight after the Jays and Cleveland.
In the NHL, Al Montoya, filling in for a third straight game while Carey Price recovers from the flu, made 36 saves to lead Montreal to a 4-0 win over Pittsburgh…….Marian Hossa scored the 500th goal of his career in Chicago’s 7-4 win over Philadelphia…..Elsewhere, it was Dallas 2 Nashville 1….Tampa Bay 4 Florida 3 in a shootout…..Washington 3 Colorado 0….Ottawa 7 Arizona 4……Vancouver 2 St. Louis 1 in overtime….Calgary 4 Buffalo 3 in overtime…..Edmonton 3 Carolina 2….Minnesota over Los Angeles 6-3….San Jose 3 the Islanders 2 and New Jersey got by Anaheim 2-1.
The Sea Dogs are in action tonight against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan…..Gametime is 7:00 at Harbour Station.
