One year after leading the AL in home runs and OPS, the BlueJays are struggling – especially lately, and that's amplifying everything that goes wrong elsewhere. ✍️: bnicholsonsmith
But the Blue Jays couldn’t add on any further, and they were unable to take advantage of the ghost runner placed on second base to open the top of the tenth. Goldschmidt’s seventh career grand slam meant they didn’t get another chance to end their weeks-long slump at the plate.
“Nobody’s hot right now,” manager Charlie Montoyo said Monday afternoon. “We just took two of three from Seattle and two of three from Cincinnati, but it feels like ‘what just happened?’ We’re winning games, we’re just winning with defence and pitching. We didn’t expect our offence to struggle like this, but it happens and they’re going to get hot.”
Yes, offence is down around baseball, but the Blue Jays have been five percent worse than average with a 95 wRC+ to start their road trip. And while their season numbers are middling, the Blue Jays’ struggles are more pronounced when you look at their May totals.• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was hitting just .235/.342/.309 in May with one home run for a .651 OPS.Springer hit the most recent of those Monday, pulling a ball into the left field seats at Busch Stadium for his eighth of the season.
On the mound, Berrios delivered a strong outing, pitching 6.1 innings and allowing three runs, two of which scored on a single Adam Cimber allowed. Berrios struck out seven without walking a batter while throwing a season-high 102 pitches.
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