That’s one way to win the series.

On Wednesday evening, the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Texas Rangers 2-0, winning the series two games to one. Thanks to the series win, the Blue Jays’ record now stands at 27-28. Let’s take a look at how the two runs were scored.
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Just like in Tuesday’s game, the two teams were deadlocked late in the game. Ernie Clement hit a single to lead off the top of the ninth, and he was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. After a shallow fly out from pinch hitter Alejandro Kirk, Blue Jays manager John Schneider went back to his bench, bringing up Bo Bichette to pinch hit. On an 0-1 count, Bichette hit his fifth home run of the season.
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<h2>Takeaways…</h2>
In total, seven runs were scored between the two teams in the series, with the Jays outscoring the Rangers four to three. After demolishing the San Diego Padres, the Jays have scored just six runs over their last six games, not nearly good enough.
The last time the Blue Jays won a three-game series while losing a game in it was the series against the Boston Red Sox from April 29 until May 1. Since then, they’ve won two series, both in a sweep.
Although the Jays scored two runs, they had eight hits. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Addison Barger, and Nathan Lukes all had multi-hit games, while Ernie Clement led off the top of the ninth with a single, and Bichette drove him in with a two-run home run.
Despite the game being a bullpen game, the Jays’ pitching was solid. Paxton Schultz made his first career start, going two and two-thirds innings with four strikeouts to bring his season ERA to 2.03. He gave up the lone hit the Rangers had in this game.
Eric Lauer was the first out of the bullpen, also striking out four (and walking two) in three and one-third innings pitched. Braydon Fisher’s ERA remains perfect, striking out two in one and one-third innings pitched.
Brendon Little pitched for the first time on the road trip, striking out the two batters he faced to drop his season ERA to 1.46; he also picked up his third win of the season. Jeff Hoffman picked up his 12th save of the season, striking out a batter in the bottom of the ninth.
The Blue Jays return home to host the Oakland Athletics starting on Thursday. It’s their first four-game series since they played the Red Sox at Fenway Park in early April.
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Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for <a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/author/ryley-delaney">Blue Jays Nation</a>, <a href="https://oilersnation.com/author/ryley-delaney">Oilersnation</a>, and <a href="https://flamesnation.ca/author/ryley-delaney">FlamesNation</a>. They can be followed on Twitter <a href="https://x.com/Ryley__Delaney">@Ryley__Delaney</a>.
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That’s one way to win the series.



On Wednesday evening, the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Texas Rangers 2-0, winning the series two games to one. Thanks to the series win, the Blue Jays’ record now stands at 27-28. Let’s take a look at how the two runs were scored.
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Just like in Tuesday’s game, the two teams were deadlocked late in the game. Ernie Clement hit a single to lead off the top of the ninth, and he was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. After a shallow fly out from pinch hitter Alejandro Kirk, Blue Jays manager John Schneider went back to his bench, bringing up Bo Bichette to pinch hit. On an 0-1 count, Bichette hit his fifth home run of the season.

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<h2>Takeaways…</h2>
In total, seven runs were scored between the two teams in the series, with the Jays outscoring the Rangers four to three. After demolishing the San Diego Padres, the Jays have scored just six runs over their last six games, not nearly good enough.

The last time the Blue Jays won a three-game series while losing a game in it was the series against the Boston Red Sox from April 29 until May 1. Since then, they’ve won two series, both in a sweep.

Although the Jays scored two runs, they had eight hits. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Addison Barger, and Nathan Lukes all had multi-hit games, while Ernie Clement led off the top of the ninth with a single, and Bichette drove him in with a two-run home run.

Despite the game being a bullpen game, the Jays’ pitching was solid. Paxton Schultz made his first career start, going two and two-thirds innings with four strikeouts to bring his season ERA to 2.03. He gave up the lone hit the Rangers had in this game.

Eric Lauer was the first out of the bullpen, also striking out four (and walking two) in three and one-third innings pitched. Braydon Fisher’s ERA remains perfect, striking out two in one and one-third innings pitched.

Brendon Little pitched for the first time on the road trip, striking out the two batters he faced to drop his season ERA to 1.46; he also picked up his third win of the season. Jeff Hoffman picked up his 12th save of the season, striking out a batter in the bottom of the ninth.

The Blue Jays return home to host the Oakland Athletics starting on Thursday. It’s their first four-game series since they played the Red Sox at Fenway Park in early April.

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Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for <a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/author/ryley-delaney">Blue Jays Nation</a>, <a href="https://oilersnation.com/author/ryley-delaney">Oilersnation</a>, and <a href="https://flamesnation.ca/author/ryley-delaney">FlamesNation</a>. They can be followed on Twitter <a href="https://x.com/Ryley__Delaney">@Ryley__Delaney</a>.

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