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CLEVELAND -- David Price didnt change the narrative Friday, but oh man, did he ever add to it?Not only did the Boston Red Soxs $217 million man get knocked out of Game 2 of the Red Sox-Indians American League Division Series after only 3 1/3 innings -- his shortest start since June 24 -- but he corrected a reporter who stated in a question that Price is still winless in his career in the postseason.Ive got two wins in the playoffs, Price said, just not as a starter.After the Red Sox lost 6-0 on Friday to the Cleveland Indians,?moving to the brink of elimination in the best-of-five series, it wasnt exactly the time for Price to recite his postseason resume, especially after he fell to 0-8 with a 5.74 ERA in nine career playoff starts.In his latest October flop, Price was victimized by a combination of rotten luck in the form of three consecutive soft singles and a fastball that was rocketed over the right-field wall in the Indians four-run second inning.Made some pitches, didnt have good things happen. Thats part of it, Price said. [The Indians] guys are playing well right now. Our confidence isnt altered. This is a very confident group, even though were down 0-2 right now. This team has been there before. Were all right.Even if thats true, its worth wondering about Prices state of mind.Eleven months ago, Prices welcome-to-Boston press conference at Fenway Park began with a question about the little issue of your postseason record. And in a telling comment before Prices first postseason start for the Red Sox, manager John Farrell said the ace lefty is well-aware of the talk that surrounds him and his meaning and status with our club.There were times this season when the pressure of being the highest-paid pitcher in baseball history seemed to weigh on Price. After he didnt pitch well Sept. 27 in New York when the Red Sox had a chance to clinch the AL East, he received a brief pep talk from Farrell that was designed to make sure he was in the proper frame of mind heading into the playoffs.There were some things that were briefly discussed, just acknowledging what hes dealt with this year, who he is as a person, and that hes one of us and were fully supportive of him, Farrell said. As far as suggesting or giving some thought that hes got to do things differently, no. Hes got to go out and pitch his game.Like co-ace Rick Porcello in Game 1, Price cruised through the first inning, retiring three straight batters on eight pitches. But he gave up back-to-back-to-back one-out singles in the second inning, including an infield chopper by Jose Ramirez and Brandon Guyers RBI bloop to shallow center field.Still, Price had a chance to get out of the second inning allowing just the one run. But he served up a three-run screamer to Lonnie Chisenhall, who hadnt homered against a left-handed pitcher all season.With the Indians leading 4-0, Price got into trouble in the fourth inning against the bottom of the Indians order again. He gave up an infield hit to Guyer, and after Chisenhall popped out, he walked No. 9 hitter?Roberto Perez for a second time in as many plate appearances, leading to manager John Farrell lifting Price after only 65 pitches.Reliever Matt Barnes gave up an RBI single to Jason Kipnis, causing Price to be charged with another run. His final line: 3 1/3 innings, six hits, five runs, two walks, three strikeouts.I didnt make that one big pitch, Price said. The pitch that Chisenhall hit out, thats a good pitch. He put a good swing on it. Thats part of it. Ive got to be able to move forward. I feel like Ive done that. 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TORONTO -- The Houston Astros havent been giving Collin McHugh much run support in recent starts.It was the same story Saturday against Blue Jays right-hander Aaron Sanchez.Russell Martin hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning, Sanchez pitched seven innings to get his first win in three starts and Toronto beat the Astros 4-2, stopping Houstons winning streak at four.McHugh (7-10) allowed three runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings to lose his fourth straight start, with two of those losses coming against the Blue Jays.Theres really no give in that lineup, McHugh said.McHugh has held opponents to three runs or fewer in 10 of his past 11 outings but his 10 losses are a career-high.He didnt quite have the finish on his pitches, manager A.J. Hinch said. As his outing went he was battling himself a little bit.The Astros have been held to two runs or fewer in three of McHughs streak of four losses. Houston is 10-43 this season when it scores less than four runs.Houstons Jose Altuve had two hits, a double and a triple, giving him 997 for his career.Josh Donaldson also homered for the Blue Jays, who have won seven of nine meetings with the Astros.Sanchez (12-2) gave up two runs and three hits in a shaky first, then shut Houston down over the next six frames for his first win since July 25 against San Diego. He allowed two runs and five hits.It seemed like they were just going to jump on the heater early in counts, Martin said. We kind of had to mix it up a little bit, throw some more breaking balls and some off-speed. He did that.Sanchez lowered his ERA to 2.84, second in the American League to Kansas Citys Danny Duffy (2.82).Jason Grilli pitched the eighth and Roberto Osuna finished for his 26th save.Carlos Correa hit a two-run double in the first as the Astros had three straight opposite-field hits.They slapped three balls to right field in a hurry, Sanchez said. I just knew something had to change there.Donaldsoon cut the deficit in half with a solo homer off McHugh in the bottom of the first, his 28th.ddddddddddddHouston missed a chance to add to its lead in the second, when A.J. Reed led off with a double. Third base umpire Jeff Nelson ruled that Tony Kemps one-out liner had landed fair, but Toronto challenged and the call was overturned after video review. Kemp grounded out and George Springer struck out to end the threat.Replay helps us more than it hurts us but thats where I wish they would have taken away replay for a day, Hinch said.McHugh left after back-to-back singles by Edwin Encarnacion and Michael Saunders in the fifth. James Hoyt came on in relief and got Troy Tulowitzki to ground out before Martin homered, his ninth.The game turned on a dime with one swing, Hinch said. (Hoyt) made one bad pitch and it cost us three runs.Hoyt fell behind 3-0 but battled back to 3-2 before Martin homered on a slider.I was confident in the pitch Hoyt said. Just maybe a little up.BRUSH WITH THE LAWWhile chasing Josh Donaldsons foul pop up in the third, Houston 1B Reed collided with a female police officer sitting by the stands, knocking her to the ground. Neither Reed nor the police officer was injured, and both laughed off the incident.ROAD WARRIORAltuve has reached safely in 43 straight road games, tying Jeff Bagwell for the second-longest streak in team history. Bagwell also holds the record for the longest streak, reaching safely in 51 straight road games in 1999.TRAINERS ROOMAstros: Altuve started at DH with Marwin Gonzalez at 2B.UP NEXTAstros: RHP Mike Fiers (8-5, 4.46) has struck out 18 batters while walking four over his past three starts.Blue Jays: RHP Marcus Stroman (8-5, 4.76) took the loss in an Aug. 1 start at Houston despite allowing one run in seven innings. Hes winless in three outings. ' ' '