What a difference a few days make. Here I was saying how improved the Jay’s looked in a weekend sweep at home of the Boston Red Sox and low and behold just a few short days later, I am writing about Oakland coming into Toronto and sweeping the Blue Jay’s three straight. It just goes to prove what a finicky mistress baseball is.
After pounding on the Red Sox relievers last weekend, the Blue Jays could hardly push any runs across against Oakland. Well scratch that they put runs across, it was just that they let Oakland push across more in each game. The Blue Jays could not seem to get a hit when they needed one and Oakland would get one when it was needed usually a clutch hit with two outs.
Oakland also started two rookie pitchers in the series and the Blue Jays made them look like the reincarnation of Cy Young. Both got their first major league wins at the Blue Jays expense.
The contrast of the two series is just reinforcement as to why they play 162 games in a season.
All I can say is the Blue Jays better get some extra batting practice in, maybe some situational hitting as well.
Sincerely Walt Webb
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