{"id":211799,"date":"2025-10-14T07:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/211799\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T07:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:32:13","slug":"shane-bieber-gets-game-3-start-for-toronto-blue-jays-in-alcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/211799\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Bieber gets Game 3 start for Toronto Blue Jays in ALCS"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 When the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> enter hostile territory, it\u2019s Shane Bieber<\/a>\u2019s job to be out front.<\/p>\n

Bieber will be Toronto\u2019s starting pitcher for Game 3 of the American League Championship Series in Seattle on Wednesday. He had the same role for Game 3 of the AL Division Series when the Blue Jays visited Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love it. It\u2019s cool. It\u2019s something to embrace,\u201d said Bieber on Monday before the opening pitch of Game 2 at Rogers Centre. \u201cUltimately, it\u2019s how many people get the opportunity to pitch in the playoffs, in the ALCS, in what\u2019s going to be a great environment in Seattle, so I\u2019m excited for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bieber pitched two games for the Cleveland Guardians<\/a> at the start of 2024 but was shut down on April 6 of that year after the team announced he needed Tommy John surgery to repair his ulnar collateral ligament. He was traded to Toronto on July 31 of this year for pitching prospect Khal Stephen.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays activated him from the injured list on Aug. 22, striking out nine and earning the win as Toronto beat the Miami Marlins<\/a> 5-2. Since then, the two-time all-star and the 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner has been called on in some of the Blue Jays\u2019 biggest games en route to winning the American League East division title.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think since I made my return to the Major Leagues a couple months ago, I obviously, found myself put right into some meaningful ball games,\u201d said Bieber on preparing for high-pressure starts. \u201cThe importance stays the same, and obviously, you place an emphasis on your preparation and each pitch, and you have the choice of making each bullpen, and the work in between more important.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, ultimately, if your routine is already set in stone, you\u2019re ready to go. You try and treat it all the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bieber finished the regular season with a 4-2 record, a 3.57 earned-run average and 37 strikeouts over 40 1\/3 innings. He had an abbreviated appearance against the Yankees in Game 3 of the ALDS on Oct. 7, allowing three runs \u2014 two earned \u2014 over 2 2\/3 innings as the Blue Jays went on to lose 6-9.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother veteran presence who\u2019s pitched in big games, who\u2019s done really well,\u201d said Toronto manager John Schneider. \u201cA guy you rely on, you count on, you trust. Exactly what we thought when we were acquiring him at the deadline.<\/p>\n

\u201cPitching in a hostile environment, again, like did he in New York, but I\u2019ve got all the trust in the world in him to go out and just pitch his game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bieber said he took a few lessons from his outing in the Bronx.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to empty the tank from pitch one and continue to be aggressive,\u201d he said. \u201cI watched that outing back a few times. I was relatively happy with how I executed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought a couple different pitches and being a little bit sharper in certain situations could have had the game go a different direction, but ultimately, you can\u2019t really dwell on that. You\u2019ve got to focus on what\u2019s coming next.\u201d<\/p>\n

George Kirby<\/a> will get the start for the Mariners.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 13, 2025.<\/p>\n

John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 When the Toronto Blue Jays enter hostile territory, it\u2019s Shane Bieber\u2019s job to be out front.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-211799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}