Carrera triples again to continue clutch postseason

It's Ezequiel Carrera's world, and we're just living in it.

Though it was Josh Donaldson who opened the scoring in Game 4 against the Cleveland Indians, crushing a solo home run in the third inning, it was Carrera who continued to show off a hot bat Tuesday.

In the eighth inning, Carrera connected on a triple to the right-field gap before scoring on a Kevin Pillar sacrifice fly in the very next at-bat to extend Toronto's lead to 5-1. It was Carrera's second triple in as many days, making him the first player since Kazuo Matsui in 2001 to triple in back-to-back postseason games, and only the second Blue Jay ever to do it.

The 29-year-old, who opened the year with Toronto as a reserve outfielder, helped bolster the Blue Jays' lead earlier with a fourth-inning bloop single that scored Troy Tulowitzki from second.

The RBI proved to be the game-winning run as Toronto avoided a four-game sweep with a 5-1 win.

Overshadowed in a lineup that features heavy-hitting sluggers such as Donaldson, Tulowitzki, Jose Bautista, and Edwin Encarnacion, Carrera has quietly put together a solid postseason. In eight playoff games in 2016, the Venezuelan is slashing .286/.286/.571, complete with a home run in the ALDS as well as three RBIs in the postseason.