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The Toronto Blue Jays flew in a good luck charm from the Prairies ahead of their showdown with the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday -- a young fan who made a special connection with designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion last summer.

Roan Heck from Settler, Alta., met the Blue Jays slugger in Seattle last July on a family trip to see the team play on the road when he was seven years old.

He arrived at Safeco Field three hours early that day, decked out head to toe in Jays gear -- including the team logo on his prosthetic leg. When Roan went in for a better view from behind the dugout, his passion for the team must have caught Encarnacion鈥檚 eye.

Before he knew it, his big brother was handing the leg over the rail for an autograph. Encarnacion made sure he got a signature from the entire team. After signing the leg, Encarnacion started a hitting streak that ended up lasting 26 games.

Last week, the Settler family got a call from the Jays. The team invited them on an all-expenses paid trip to Toronto to watch Wednesday鈥檚 game against the Orioles from a private box at Rogers Centre.

Roan tells CTV Toronto he鈥檚 anticipating a major win for the Jays.

鈥淭he Blue Jays to win. The score is going to be a thousand, trillion, billion, zillion, to zero,鈥� he said.

Roan lost his left leg in a lawnmower accident when he was one year old, but that hasn鈥檛 stopped him from getting out on the field and playing the game.

鈥淎t school he鈥檚 faster than some of the kids with two legs,鈥� his mother Jolene told CTV Edmonton last year. 鈥淗e has a lot of heart.鈥�

It鈥檚 Roan鈥檚 first trip to Toronto. The Heck family plans to visit the Hockey Hall of Fame and the CN Tower on while they鈥檙e in town.

鈥淚t鈥檚 emotional for us, with him being with just one leg. Some of his opportunities are not out there, but he doesn鈥檛 let that affect him,鈥� said his father Neil.

With reports from CTV Toronto and CTV Edmonton