CLEVELAND -- ?? All those big sluggers and not one timely hit.For the Toronto Blue Jays and their power-packed lineup, the first game of the AL Championship Series was about wasted opportunities.The Blue Jays had runners in scoring position in each of the first four innings but left them there as Cleveland Indians ace Corey Kluber worked out of the jams . Toronto finished 0 for 5 in those situations and stranded eight in all during a 2-0 loss Friday night.It wasnt like we faced the average Joe out there and he struggled, manager John Gibbons said. Kluber is one of the elite pitchers in the game.Francisco Lindors two-run homer in the sixth was the difference as the Blue Jays lost for the first time in five games this postseason.Toronto squandered a six-hitter from Marco Estrada -- the teams first complete game all year.I dont think it was a lack of something we did, Gibbons said. I just thought they pitched that well, as did we.The Blue Jays will try to even the best-of-seven series Saturday when 20-game winner J.A. Happ starts against Josh Tomlin.Toronto led all playoff teams by hitting .478 with runners in scoring position during the Division Series, after lacking that sort of production in the regular season. The Blue Jays batted .249 with RISP this year, which ranked 24th in the majors.Over the final eight regular-season games, the Blue Jays were 13 for 66 (.197) with one double in those situations. They couldnt move runners past second base on Friday either, stranding six in the first four innings.Their best opportunity came in the first inning when Josh Donaldson singled with one out and went to third on a double by Edwin Encarnacion. Kluber then struck out Jose Bautista and got Russell Martin to ground weakly to first.In the second, Devon Travis grounded into an inning-ending double play with two on. Martin whiffed to end a threat with two on in the third.You always have your work cut out for you when Kluber is out there, Martin said. Even with guys in scoring position, if he makes his pitches hes able to strike anybody out. Obviously we had our chances, we just didnt come through.Toronto also put runners on in the fourth, sixth and eighth but couldnt get anybody past second base.In the eighth, reliever Andrew Miller gave up a single to Donaldson but then struck out the heart of the Blue Jays order: Encarnacion, Bautista and Martin.I made some mistakes early on, and they were able to take advantage of them with base hits, Kluber said. But its really trying to stick with the same approach -- get ahead of them and put them in defensive counts, so theyre not key-holing one pitch.Kluber struck out six while scattering six hits over 6 1/3 innings. Cody Allen pitched the ninth for a save.Kluber is pretty good, thats all I know, Gibbons said . Hes got arguably the best right-hand breaking ball in the game. And he kept us honest with enough fastballs. And hes got that razor-blade slider thats tough to do anything with. A big strikeout pitch for him. He gets a lot of weak contact on them, really.Kluber is 2-0 this postseason with 13 strikeouts in 13 1/3 shutout innings.If youre a fan of pitching it was a dream game for you, Gibbons said. We got some guys on base early, a lot of the innings, we couldnt get that big hit. Lindor got the big hit.---Follow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacyFor some of his other recent stories: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mitch-stacy Vapormax Plus Red . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. Cheap Vapormax Plus All Black . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. http://www.cheapvapormaxplus.us/cheap-vapormax-plus-all-gold/ . 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HOUSTON -- Perceptions are fickle, so much so that they can allow for a quarterback to be compared to a maligned underachiever one week only for opinions to drastically change if that quarterback spearheads a string of victories.Following the Lions 1/3 start, Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford was in some circles being aligned with Bears signal caller Jay Cutler, whose abundant talent has for years failed to deliver on notable team success. Stafford has the statistical profile of an elite quarterback, but the Lions have sputtered along for years, and their sluggish start to this season provided room for those critical of Stafford to sound off.Three wins in three games later and Stafford is earning raves. He ranks third in the NFL in passer rating (105.7), fourth in touchdown passes (15) and eighth in passing yards (1,914). Despite the Lions pass-heavy offense, Stafford has thrown just four interceptions.The accumulation of those numbers has yielded MVP discussion as the Lions visit the Houston Texans Sunday at NRG Stadium.I really dont pay too much attention to it, Stafford said. I just care about how I perform for the guys in this locker room and this coaching staff and the owners and the people affected by the Lions. Thats what I care about. Preparing as hard as I possibly can to play well for those people.Though Stafford is deflecting praise, he has been instrumental in the Lions winning streak. Detroit has defeated the Eagles, Rams and Redskins by a total of seven points, with Stafford leading fourth-quarter surges to victory in each contest.Last Sunday against the Redskins, Stafford completed an 18-yard touchdown pass to Anquan Boldin with 16 seconds to play to cap a six-play, 75-yard drive. His late-game mastery of the offense is as responsible for the MVP talk as his aggregate numbers, and the more Stafford shines down the stretch, the more praise he earns.Well one thing, I think his preparation is such that he really prepares himself for those kinds of moments, Lions coach Jim Caldwell said. Number two, obviously he has some unique talents and focus where he doesnt back down from real tough situations. Numberr three I think his leadership just in terms of getting guys to rally around him particularly in those crucial moments.dddddddddddd. He kind of has a knack for that.Somewhat lost amid the furor of Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler delivering an embarrassing effort in his Denver homecoming on Monday night was another subpar performance by the Texans run defense. The Broncos, whod amassed 309 rushing yards in their previous four games combined, gouged Houston for 190 yards and two rushing touchdowns in a 27-9 win that snapped their two-game losing skid.Well, I think any time an offense is able to run the football, it makes it very difficult on a defense, Texans coach Bill OBrien said. It does. It does affect your game plan and we have to people use the phrase, Go back to the drawing board. I dont know if thats what it is. I think every team is different.The way that Detroit runs the ball is a lot different than the way that Denver runs the ball. Were going to have to really study hard here on Detroit and figure out what we need to do to stop the run because it has to get a lot better.The Texans are ranked 29th in the NFL in rushing defense, allowing 135.4 yards per game. Thats a far departure from last season when they finished 10th in the league allowing 99.8 rushing yards per game. Houston has dealt with its share of injuries on defense at all three levels, with of course the most notable absence being All-Pro defensive end J.J. Watt, whose renown is linked to his pass rushing abilities.Even without Watt the Texans shouldnt be this porous. And while their offensive woes are legitimate with Osweiler at the controls, their inability to muster a solid front against opposing rushing attacks is as problematic as the issue at quarterback.Theres no excuses, OBrien said. They dont cancel the games when theres injuries, so we have to all do a better job. Again, it probably gets boring listening to me. Coaches and players, we all just need to do a better job of playing and coaching better on Sundays. 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