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TORONTO -- After wrapping up their Division Series sweep of the Texas Rangers on Sunday night, the Toronto Blue Jays were able to kick back Monday, celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving and watch the Cleveland Indians beat Boston, finalizing their AL Championship Series matchup. Cole Irvin Jersey .Back at Rogers Centre for a light workout on Tuesday afternoon, Toronto tabbed right-hander Marco Estrada as its starter for Fridays Game 1 in Cleveland.Manager John Gibbons said Estrada was the logical choice to start the opener after winning elimination games for the Blue Jays in both the ALDS and ALCS in 2015.More recently, Estrada allowed one run and four hits in 8 1/3 innings to beat Texas in Game 1 of the ALDS last Thursday.He pitched two of our biggest games in the playoffs (last year) to keep us alive, Gibbons said, and then he had the big one the other night. Hes one guy, too, that probably needs more than anybody to keep on as close to normal (rest) as possible, not too much time off.Estrada, who did not speak to reporters Tuesday, is 3-1 with a 2.68 ERA in eight career postseason games, including four starts. He made four postseason relief appearances for Milwaukee in 2011.Gibbons said right-hander Aaron Sanchez, who led the AL with a 3.00 ERA this season, will likely make just one start in the ALCS as the Blue Jays continue to limit his career-high workload.Toronto, which lost to Kansas City in six games in last years ALCS, is looking to reach the World Series for the first time since winning back-to-back championships in 1992 and 1993.To get there, theyll have to beat an Indians squad that Gibbons called tremendous, and probably the most balanced team in the American League.Its a very, very good offense, one of the best out there, so thats not easy, Gibbons said. Theyve got a good defensive club. Theyre real athletic and young. Tough ball club to shut down. Theyre hot like us, too.The Blue Jays won three of seven meetings with the Indians in the regular season. Four of those games, including all three in an August series at Cleveland, were decided by one run.Were going to have a tough task at hand but we feel like we have a team that can do that, Blue Jays slugger and reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson said.The Indians are seeking to give title-starved Cleveland its second championship in less than a year after the NBAs Cavaliers ended a 52-year drought dating to a 1964 NFL championship for footballs Browns.Nobody in this clubhouse doubts what were what capable of, left-hander Andrew Miller said after the Indians swept the Red Sox with a 4-3 win Monday night. We saw in our games in Cleveland how much support we have. Its a special place to be. I think we have bigger things ahead of us, but its not going to be any easier.Clevelands payroll ranks among the lower third of big league teams, some $26 million less than Torontos, but thats of little concern to Indians right-hander Josh Tomlin, who allowed two runs and four hits in five innings to beat Boston in Game 3.You can see it takes a special group of people instead of a group of superstars, Tomlin said.Toronto will have four days off between eliminating Texas and playing Game 1 in Cleveland. It means valuable rest for everyone, Gibbons said, but especially for second baseman Devon Travis and left-hander Francisco Liriano.Liriano was removed from the ALDS roster because of concussion sustained in Game 2 after he was struck in the back of the head by a Carlos Gomez line drive measured at 102 mph.Liriano, who has made two relief appearances this postseason, said he felt fine after playing catch and riding an exercise bike Tuesday.The second day after I got hit I felt a little dizzy, Liriano said. After that, everything has felt normal. No headache, no dizziness, nothing.Liriano isnt eligible to return until Game 2 of the ALCS.Travis battled a sore knee for almost a month before he was scratched from Game 2 against Texas. He was available off the bench in Game 3 but did not play.Im feeling much better, Travis said. Ill be ready to go Friday. Pat Burrell Jersey . 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Max Verstappen says he simply wants to have fun at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, amid Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosbergs showdown for the Formula One world championship.Both Red Bull and Ferrari could still play a major role in the outcome of the 2016 title, if either team can get split the Mercedes drivers at Yas Marina. While Verstappen was over 0.5s off Hamiltons leading time in FP2, the fight between Red Bull and Ferrari over the second row looks much closer.The Dutchman and teammate Daniel Ricciardo proved to be Mercedes nearest challenges in FP1, but both dropped behind Ferraris Sebastian Vettel as night fell in the second session. When asked what his aim is for the weekend, Verstappen replied: Have fun, that is my target.He added: It will be tight. I think Ferrari is quite strong this weekend but I am pretty sure we can be even stronger so lets see. We always tend to improve from Friday to Saturday so I am pretty sure today was not that bad. I am looking forward to tomorrow as it will be close and hopefully we can have a clean qualifying.We are not too far off and of course Ferrari looks pretty strong as well. On my fast lap I had traffic at the last corner so Im pretty sure we are close so it will be an exciting quallifying tomorrow. Phillies Jerseys 2020. 1s youngest winner was forced to abandon a late run during FP2, but says he is not concerned by the as yet undiagnosed issue.We are checking now what the exact issue was, that is why we aborted the last run to check. Nothing is broken and I am pretty sure they can solve it for tomorrow but it is better to stop early.It just came with the issues we had at the end and before that it was all okay. Then something happened, I dont know what yet, so we are investigating now but before that everything was fine.When asked whether Red Bulls best chance of taking the fight to Mercedes on Sunday would be by undercutting Hamilton and Rosberg and the first round of stops, Verstappen replied: Yes, but they are not stupid. The problem is you can try to undercut but you will come back on track in traffic and then it doesnt work.There are a lot of factors that will play into that but I think the most important thing for us is to be as close as we can in qualifying to at least race them. We have to wait and see, I think they are very strong and in qualifying they turn up their engines as well. ' ' '