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Oh no, Canada: Home field disadvantage continues in MLB playoffs

October 9, 2015
Texas Rangers, from left to right, Hanser Alberto, Choo Shin-soo, and Rougned Odor celebrate Choo scoring during the first inning in Game 2 of baseballs American League Division Series in Toronto on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)

Texas Rangers, from left to right, Hanser Alberto, Choo Shin-soo, and Rougned Odor celebrate Choo scoring during the first inning in Game 2 of baseballs American League Division Series in Toronto on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)

By Brian Han

Normally playing in front of tens of thousands of your own fans at a stadium that you know like the back of your hand provides an advantage.

But baseball can be weird.

That’s the only explanation behind every home team losing in the first five games of the 2015 postseason.

Most recently, Choo Shin-soo and the Texas Rangers closed out another win Friday at Rogers Centre against the Toronto Blue Jays.

It wasn’t until the 14th inning when the teams broke out of a 4-4 deadlock. Backup third baseman Hanser Alberto knocked in the go-ahead run with a line drive to center.

Choo had an RBI single early in the game, but had some trouble at the plate afterward going 1-for-6 on the day.

If this trend of road teams winning continues, that means we may see the Houston Astros duke it out against the Chicago Cubs.