Is a Blue Jays Offensive Explosion Just Around the Corner?

The Blue Jays have to be a bit frustrated by their loss from yesterday. It isn’t the end of the series, or the end of the world, but you did give up home-field advantage and now have to take a game in Seattle if you want to win. They started the game as great as you can possibly start it with George Springer hitting a homer to lead off. That gave them a 1-0 lead that they carried until their starter, Kevin Gausman, was out of the game. The rest of the game, the Blue Jays got just one hit. They’ve been hitless for seven straight innings. They did that against a guy who had a 5+ ERA for the season. That’s arguably the worst starting pitcher they’ve faced this postseason. You can’t let Raleigh get going, and Jorge Polanco is proving he is a clutch postseason performer. Either way, the pitching for Toronto was fine, but you’re not winning many games with just two hits. They had only four left on base, and were 0-4 with runners in scoring position. Today, they send out Trey Yesavage to the mound. He made one postseason start so far, and allowed just five hits and two walks over five scoreless innings. They are entrusting some very big innings to a young pitcher, but, at the moment, he seems like he is responding well to them. He’s never faced the Mariners, but I’d doubt he gets to face them more than once through the lineup anyway.