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CLEVELAND -- Joey Bats and the Blue Jays forgot their bats.Torontos meaty lineup loaded with power hitters scored just one run in the first two games of the AL Championship Series, a stunning turn for a team that blasted baseballs against Texas.The Blue Jays managed just three hits in Saturdays 2-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians, who took a 2-0 lead as the series shifts to Canada.Everyone in this room is confident that we can get it done, Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson said. Were not out of it. I still believe we can do it.After hitting eight homers and scoring 22 runs in their Division Series sweep of the Rangers, Toronto entered the ALCS as a well-oiled machine.Its only thrown parts so far, and the Blue Jays are down 0-2 in the ALCS for the second straight year.Jose Bautista , the aforementioned Mr. Bats, is 0 for 6 with five strikeouts and has yet to put the ball in play. Russell Martin is 1 for 7 and has missed a couple chances to drive in runs. Edwin Encarnacion has grumbled about the strike zone, and the Blue Jays are batting .159 with just two extra-base hits and 25 strikeouts.Clevelands pitching, especially lights-out lefty reliever Andrew Miller, has had something to do with Torontos offensive malaise.Weve pitched well, theyve pitched well, said Donaldson, who has continued his torrid October and has three of Torontos 10 hits. Theyve just scored more runs than we have. Were going to get the last at-bat now and we feel confident about it.The Indians arent taking anything for granted. They know that the middle of Torontos order -- Encarnacion, Bautista and Troy Tulowitzki -- remains dangerous.Those big guys have been carrying that team for a few years now, Indians closer Cody Allen said. They can do some damage. They really make you think about how you want to attack. You cant stay in one spot. You cant get them out the same way every time. You try to make some good pitches and try to have some good luck.Maybe going home will help the Blue Jays, who went 46-35 at the rocking Rogers Centre and drew an AL-high 3.4 million fans in the regular season.Having home-field advantage is good -- and were going to need it, said left-hander J.A. Happ, who took the loss in Game 2, allowing two runs in five innings. Hopefully, we can feed off the fans.The Blue Jays won their only home game in the ALDS, beating Texas 7-6 in 10 innings on Oct. 9, when Donaldson dashed home with the winning run.Being at Rogers Centre makes all the difference in the world, second basemen Darwin Barney said. Its an opportunity for us to get back in it.Clevelands players know theyre heading into one of the games most hostile home environments.Its hockey fans and I mean that in the best way because Im a hockey fan too, said Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis, a die-hard Chicago Blackhawks fan. Theyre intense. 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Brandon Drury Jersey . -- Playing time has been limited for Maxim Tissot this season, so the Montreal Impact defender made the most of his first scoring opportunity on Saturday. BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- The underdog of soccer underdogs, D.C. United, has advanced to the U.S. Open Cup Final. Uniteds 2-0 victory over the Chicago Fire in Wednesdays semifinal accomplished that despite the worst record in Major League Soccer. D.C. scored its fourth win of the tournament. It has three victories in MLS competition this season, along with 15 losses and four ties, but its unbeaten in the U.S. Soccer Federations all-comers tournament. United will visit Real Salt Lake in the final on Oct. 1. The outcome made up for a 4-1 loss to Chicago in MLS play on the same field on July 20. The Fire outclassed D.C. from start to finish. "It was a spanking," said United forward Dwayne De Rosario. "It was tough even to watch." De Rosario was absent for that game, recovering from an adductor strain. Fully healed, he came back to action last week, and scored the first of Uniteds two goals Wednesday. "I wanted to set the tone," De Rosario said. He did, pouncing on a ball goalkeeper Sean Johnson bobbled, taking two steps to the left, and booting it home from 4 yards in the 44th minute. Then came Nick DeLeon, Uniteds other threat, and also injured until recently. He scored in the 48th minute, ripping a low 13-yard shot to Johnsons left after slaloming through a pair of defenders. D.C.s Joe Willis made six saves. "t;The last two games, weve looked like a team," United coach Ben Olsen said.dddddddddddd. "Weve been able to understand this is extremely important. Our best shot at a trophy is in the Open Cup." The Fire pushed hard in the last 20 minutes, but failed to score. Willis made a difficult save on Alex in the 76th minute, then watched Austin Berrys deflected shot carom off the goal post a minute later. In the first 27 minutes, Willis solved Chris Rolfe and Alex, after which Uniteds midfield began to take command. But the goals were still stunners.