When is the front office of the Blue Jays going to do something?

For the first time this season, the Blue Jays were swept, as they fell 7-3 to the Boston Red Sox, losing the series 3-0. Their record now sits at 35-39, six games behind the Kansas City Royals.

David Hamilton singled to drive in the first run of the game in the top of the third. The next inning saw Enmanuel Valdez hit his sixth home run to make it a 2-0 lead. However, the Jays would tie the game in the bottom of the fourth thanks to a Kevin Kiermaier single and a Justin Turner ground into a double play. Not ideal, but the game was at least tied.

For a half inning, as Jarren Druan hit his sixth home run of the season regaining Boston’s lead. The Red Sox extended the lead with a Romy González single in the top of the sixth, the game-winning run, while Duran also drove in another run in the same inning to make it 5-2.

Toronto scored thanks to wild pitch, giving them their third and final run, but Dominic Smith drove in a run with a double and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. committed an error that allowed the seventh Boston run to score.

Things worth mentioning…

This team isn’t good, it’s not rocket science that they’ll need to sell at the deadline. They are now six games behind the Kansas City Royals and 4.5 games behind the Red Sox. Not just that, but the Red Sox have a +47 run differential, the Jays have a -40 run differential. Even if they do make it to the postseason, it’s hard to see them doing anything of note.

The Blue Jays went 4-14 with runners in scoring position, including runners on first and second with less than two outs in three of the first four innings. Their best inning was the bottom of the fourth, with the first four batters reaching base, before Justin Turner’s grounder that led to a double play. They had another opportunity in the bottom of the seventh with their first two runners reaching base, but the run scored in that inning came with a wild pitch.

Kevin Gausman didn’t have the best start, finishing with a line of 5.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER (5 R), 3 BB, 4 K with two home runs given up to bring his season ERA to 4.24. Hopefully his next start goes better.

The bullpen was solid, collectively finishing with a line of 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER (2 R), 0 BB, 0 K. Ryan Burr had a rough outing with three hits allowed along with the earned run. Génesis Cabrera and Bowden Francis both pitched a clean inning.

The Jays had a bunch of errors, as Addison Barger, Kevin Gausman, Kevin Kiermaier, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. each had an error. Not great for a team predicated on strong defence.

Up next: The Blue Jays head to Cleveland to face the Guardians in a three-game series. Toronto’s starter is yet to be determined, my guess being Bowden Francis or Yariel Rodríguez. Something needs to change because this team just isn’t good enough.

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