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Not a great time of year for a swoon like this. Can't be all on Bo being out either. Hopefuly the pressure isn't getting to them

They are 2-3 on the road trip, not 0-5 LOL. Take a look at most teams' road records, home games are where the best teams shine while remaining around .500 on the road. Sure, the offense looked like s*** the past 3 games but that's happened more than a few times since late May when the team took off. Just part of baseball. You're telling me that if Max doesn't give up 7 runs in the first inning that the Royals are still going to score 13 more in the game? The Jays obviously took their foot off the gas being down so much early and feeling demoralized but tomorrow is another day! You obviously haven't watched much baseball to think this is 100% representative of any kind of long-term spiraling; all teams go through stretches like this. I don't think going .500 over the rest of their 8 games (with 6 of them being home games where the Jays have excelled this season) is in any way overly optimistic. As I said earlier, the Yankees going undefeated for the rest of the season while possible, is entirely unlikely - even against bottom feeders. Bottom line is that the Jays control their own destiny here and hopefully they can get back on the winning track tomorrow and help us forget today's debacle!

Honestly, hoping the jays can take at least one game in KC. 3-4 trip against two teams that have always given us fits on the road isn't that bad. Assuming the Yanks lose only one more game this year (likely they'll drop 2-3 more) and the Jays just need to go 3-3 at home where they always play like a different team. Nothing guaranteed for sure but things are still looking good.

This bodes very poorly for Saturday and Sunday. 7+ innings needed from the pen today, ouch.

Not gonna win many games scoring one run. This is on the offense so far

Hindsight 20/20 but if Vlad busts it out of the box there he might've actually had a shot to be safe.

Who was IKF hitting for?

Lame pitching changes bite us again. Guys are dealing, just leave them be!

He has a sore back from swinging

Why does every Yankee have such a punchable face? Insufferable looking lot.

You're right. It seems like a fine line to walk with Hoffman. The more worked he is the better he seems to be. You saw how long layoffs have impacted him this year.

You might be right, but baseball has a funny way of defying expectations

Thank God they took out Nance so he'd have no shot at pitching two quality innings for us.

Like, Borucki SUCKS against righties, they're hitting .350 off him. Nance was dealing and there was only one lefty coming up. Let him pick up his team after the error. I don't give a f*** that they wanted Borucki to get in a game before the NYY series, this was 100% the wrong time. How does this outing serve to increase Borucki's confidence?? Total backfire.

Schneider you MORON. Why?????!?!?

Perfect example why you DON'T take out Nance. One shot at the lefty and barely any control. Hope this works out. Edit: And the walk. Nance was dealing, so stupid to take this risk for a single lefty.

Bo with the lazy throw, France still should've caught it. Schneider should let Nance finish the inning.

Baby steps...gotta retire 7,8,9 in order here to give someone a fresh inning for the top of the Reds' order. Aaaaaand that sucks. Good effort by Bassitt today.

Good bounce-back game from Bassitt. Now let's hope the offense gets something done!

Not sure how much of a baseball fan you can be if you don't appreciate a well-pitched, close game.

Your negativity is wearing thin; the Jays are up against a pitcher with nasty stuff and have actually hit the ball better today than the Reds. Bad luck can happen. Let's see how they fare in their final 3 ABs. They have lots of come from behind wins this year.

Damn, filthy pitches to Kirk there. Would've liked Lukes to get a hit but he was just overmatched.

George did everything right on that play, s*** luck.

With how volatile our relief pitching has been, I wouldn't be surprised to see us continue to scuffle and wind up in 2nd or 3rd wildcard spot. That said, I could also easily envision a Sportsnet graphic around 3rd week of September showing our bullpen is top 5 for the month in multiple categories, hence why the Jays are in first place and holding onto one of the top 2 spots in the league. August and September could have very different feels to them.

Somehow even with the pitch clock Seranthony is taking 5 minutes between pitches