The Blue Jays completed a two-series home stand with a three-game set against the Miami Marlins. They won two of three, improving their recent series record, but remained below .500 and trailed the American League East lead. After winning the first two games versus the Pittsburgh Pirates, they failed to sweep and then lost to Miami following an 8-2 defeat. Trey Yesavage allowed an early run, then surrendered back-to-back doubles in the fifth. Toronto scored to cut the deficit but stranded runners, and defensive miscues in the sixth led to additional earned runs. Tyler Rogers allowed three earned runs in the eighth. The Jays went 1-9 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 base runners.
"Trey Yesavage made the start, giving up a lead-off double to Xavier Edwards. A ground out moved him to third, and he was cashed in by an Otto López sacrifice fly. Those were the first two of 13 that Yesavage sat down in order, but he gave up back-to-back doubles in the top of the fifth, giving the Marlins a 2-0 lead."
"Thanks to three singles in the bottom half of the fifth, the Jays cut the Marlins' lead in half, but stranded runners on the corners while having just one out. That came back to bite the Jays, as they had some defensive miscues in the top of the sixth, leading to three more runs, all earned."
"Ernie Clement gave the Jays a modicum of hope in the bottom half of the sixth, but any doubt about this game was put to rest thanks to a three-run top of the eighth. All three earned runs were tagged to the every reliable Tyler Rogers."
"The storyline of this game was their struggles with runners in scoring position, going 1-9 while stranding 10 base runners. This came one day after going 1-12 in the series finale against the Pirates, two winnable games."
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