"The Toronto Blue Jays went into arguably their biggest road trip of the season and squandered and excellent chance to create some separation between themselves and the rest of the AL East. While the Red Sox struggled with the Diamondbacks in their series in Arizona, the Blue Jays went 3-3 on the week, dropping two winnable games against the Yankees in New York."
"None of these losses came because the Blue Jays couldn't hang with the other team. While they were frustrating games due to the lack of a big hit in an important moment, the fact is in all three games they were just one at-bat away from changing the outcome. And when the bats did come through, they came through in massive waves."
The Toronto Blue Jays went 3-3 on a pivotal road trip, losing two winnable games to the Yankees and missing a chance to widen their AL East lead. The team is 82-61, two games ahead of New York, but has left significant wins on the table while the Yankees stayed steady. Since early August Toronto is 18-15 versus New York's 20-14. The Blue Jays were competitive in every game, including an extra-innings 5-4 loss in Cincinnati and two high-scoring wins by a combined 25-18. The offense hit ten homers in those wins and has 91 homers since June 30, yet it went 3-for-22 with runners in scoring position in the final two losses.
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