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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Blue Jays and their fans had a sobering return to MLB's postseason party on Thursday as their ace pitcher struggled in a losing effort and two of their best players left the game with injuries.
The American League Division Series opener was played a day after Toronto's National Hockey League team kicked off a new season, an event that would normally have the hockey-mad city doing cartwheels.
That game, however, was greeted with a ho-hum shrug as the Blue Jays seized the city's sporting spotlight after engineering a second-half resurgence that led to their first postseason berth since 1993, when they won their second successive World Series.