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Blue Jays Notes: Rays Own Them, Vladdy Struggling, Close Losses Piling Up

Toronto Blue Jays On SI·Maddy Dickens·19 days ago
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Right now, the Toronto Blue Jays are not hovering around the .500 line, but glancing up six games below after the team's latest loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, a ballclub that has been terrorizing the Blue Jays. The two teams have now faced off twice in the last week, and Tampa Bay has secured both series with a sweep in Florida and a pair of wins to start off the current matchup in Canada. The Blue Jays are simply playing for dignity at this point to avoid two sweeps by the same club in 7 days. A pair of the L's that the Jays have taken at the hands of the Rays have been by a measly run, including the extra-inning showdown Tuesday night. Not the team's only close game that hasn't gone Toronto's way. There are 10 games this year decided by one score; the Blue Jays have only won three of them. It has been quite easy to blame the Blue Jays' struggles directly on the injuries piling up on the team, but there have been so many opportunities for the team to steal some games that they are just not capitalizing on.…

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