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There were a combined 10 runs scored in the two wild-card games to begin this postseason -- nine of them from home runs.In Game 2 of the American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers, the Toronto Blue Jays won 5-3, scoring all five runs on home runs. In fact, the Jays knocked out the Baltimore Orioles, then swept the Rangers, scoring 16 of their 27 runs on homers.Meanwhile, the Chicago Cubs came into Tuesday?with 11 runs scored in their first three games -- seven of them from home runs.Anybody else seeing a trend here? Indeed, the league has become homer-centric, maybe even homer-reliant, as two seemingly contradictory trends are happening right now in Major League Baseball: (1) Pitchers are harder to hit than theyve ever been, owing in part to increasing velocity; and (2) the game has experienced a home run surge, dating back to around the 2015 All-Star break.We saw a jump in home runs during the regular season, and theyve carried the utmost importance this postseason; of the 108 runs scored this postseason heading into play Tuesday, half of them were as a result of home runs, the highest percentage in the wild-card era. And lets not forget, playoff teams normally trot out their best pitchers in the playoffs, not scrubs.And its not a coincidence. Like it or not, this is how the game is played these days. Pitchers are seeing a lot of the worst possible outcome (home run), while also seeing increasing amounts of the better outcomes. Strikeouts are up, walks are down. More long fly balls, fewer easy outs. A bloop and a blast. Or maybe its just the blast; in Game 1 of the AL Division Series between the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians, nine runs were scored -- six of them on solo homers.Lets take a closer look at whats happening -- and why. Chuck Howley Cowboys Jersey . Defenceman Yannick Weber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Canucks breathed a sigh of relief with a 2-1 win on Saturday night. Connor McGovern Youth Jersey . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. http://www.cowboysrookieproshop.com/Cowboys-Darren-Woodson-Jersey/ . Robredo, ranked No. 16, bounced back from an upset loss to Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the Royal Guard Open in Chile last week to down Carreno Busta in 1 hour, 25 minutes. 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ATHENS, Greece -- A last-gasp goal by Giorgos Tzavelas allowed Greece to escape with a 1-1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday, while Group H leader Belgium crushed Estonia 8-1.Belgium remains perfect with 12 points from four games, and has scored 21 goals with only one conceded.Dries Mertens scored in each half against Estonia, while Romelu Lukaku snatched two late goals to add to the visitors misery.Second-placed Greece trails Belgium by two points after being held at home, while Bosnia and Herzegovina is a further 3 points behind.Tzavelas scored with a blistering shot outside the area in the fifth minute of injury time after Bosnias defense only half-cleared a long throw-in by Sokratis Papastathopoulos.Bosnia, which dominated most of the game in Piraeus, took the lead in the 33rd minute after Miralem Pjanics free-kick bounced off the right post and then goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis back before finding the net.The game was stopped for five minutes after the goal, with some Bosnian fans lighting and throwing flares -- and broken seats -- while some Greek fans chanted anti-Bosnian sloganss.ddddddddddddTension had built ahead of the game when a group of Greek fans attacked and slightly injured a Bosnian, who claimed his attackers were shouting Kosovo is Serbia.On the field, Costas Fortounis nearly equalized in the 54th, but goalkeeper Asmir Begovic deflected his shot into the right post.Both teams ended the game with 10 men, with Kyriakos Papadopoulos getting a red card for striking Edin Dzeko -- in his attempts to wrestle the ball away -- while Dzeko got a second yellow card for pulling Papadopoulos shorts down in the same 80th-minute incident.In Brussels, Estonia found itself 3-0 down in the first 25 minutes through goals by Thomas Meunier, Mertens and Eden Hazard. And although the Estonians pulled one back in the 29th, through Henri Anier, it was all downhill from there.Yannick Carrasco made it 4-1 in the 62nd, Ragnar Klavan gifted the Belgians with an own goal two minutes later and Mertens scored his second four minutes after that. Lukaku added two more in the 83rd and 88th. ' ' '