TORONTO — George Springer is back in the Toronto Blue Jays' lineup for American League CS Game 6, batting leadoff as the designated hitter.

Manager John Schneider had confidence Springer would return, two days after he was drilled on the right knee by a Bryan Woo fastball in Game 5. X-rays and a CT scan taken Friday were both negative, and Schneider said Springer would play if he could handle any pain.

Springer is batting .318 (7-for-22) with two homers in the ALCS, and he's hit three homers with a .933 OPS this postseason.

“It’s pretty incredible to take 97 off the kneecap and be back in the lineup," Daulton Varsho said before Game 6.

Said Schneider: "I was checking in with him via text this morning. He basically told me to shut up. Did the same thing when he got in today. He'll be ready to go.

"He's a little bit sore, he's got some good seam marks on his knee from the sinker there, but I trust when George says he's good."

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