<p>To say it&#8217;s been a rough run for the Blue Jays would be an understatement.</p>
<p></p>
<p>In Saturday&#8217;s loss to the Dodgers, the club set a franchise record for the longest strech without holding a lead, at 37 innings. Yes, that&#8217;s right. 37 innings of baseball and not a single lead.</p>
<p>Their last lead was all the way back on last Tuesday, when they had a 1-0 lead over the Royals after the top of the third, and since it&#8217;s been all bad.</p>
<p>They can&#8217;t seem to score with RISP and they&#8217;re struggling to get much of anything going, to be honest, dropping five straight games. While the early season road trip was undoubtedly tough on the club, they returned home and had a nice run, winning three series at home and another on the road against the Padres. Then, the Royals shut down the Jays in Kansas, and the Dodgers have had their way this weekend at the Rogers Center.</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s game will see Kevin Gausman take the mound for the Jays and Michael Grove for the Dodgers in what appears to be a bullpen day. Let&#8217;s see if the Jays can muster up anything.</p>
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<p><strong>First pitch:</strong></p>
<p>1:37 p.m. EST. TV &amp; Radio: Sportsnet.</p>
<h2><strong>Starting pitchers:</strong></h2>
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<th class="align-left  fixed " style="width: 123px;" data-col="0" data-col-id="Name" data-stat="Name">Name</th>
<th class="align-left " style="width: 50px;" data-col="1" data-col-id="Team" data-stat="Team">Team</th>
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<th class="align-right " style="width: 12px;" data-col="4" data-col-id="L" data-stat="L">L</p>
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<th class="align-right " style="width: 34px;" data-col="5" data-col-id="IP" data-stat="IP">IP</p>
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<th class="align-right " style="width: 46px;" data-col="12" data-col-id="BB/9" data-stat="BB/9">BB/9</p>
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<td class="align-left fixed" style="width: 123px;" data-col-id="Name" data-stat="Name"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/kevin-gausman/14107/stats">Kevin Gausman</a></td>
<td class="align-left" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="Team" data-stat="Team"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&amp;stats=pit&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;type=c%2C8%2C4%2C5%2C13%2C6%2C332%2C117%2C45%2C42%2C36%2C37&amp;month=0&amp;ind=0&amp;team=14&amp;rost=0&amp;age=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=14107%2C27792&amp;startdate=&amp;enddate=&amp;page=1_50&amp;v_cr=202301&amp;season1=2024&amp;season=2024">TOR</a></td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 25px;" data-col-id="GS" data-stat="GS">5</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 20px;" data-col-id="W" data-stat="W">0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 12px;" data-col-id="L" data-stat="L">3</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 34px;" data-col-id="IP" data-stat="IP">21.0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 40px;" data-col-id="ERA" data-stat="ERA">5.57</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="xERA" data-stat="xERA">6.33</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="ERA-" data-stat="ERA-">146</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 35px;" data-col-id="FIP" data-stat="FIP">4.30</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 56px;" data-col-id="WHIP" data-stat="WHIP">1.57</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 35px;" data-col-id="K/9" data-stat="K/9">7.71</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="BB/9" data-stat="BB/9">2.57</td>
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<td class="align-left fixed" style="width: 123px;" data-col-id="Name" data-stat="Name"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/gavin-stone/27792/stats">Gavin Stone</a></td>
<td class="align-left" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="Team" data-stat="Team"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&amp;stats=pit&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;type=c%2C8%2C4%2C5%2C13%2C6%2C332%2C117%2C45%2C42%2C36%2C37&amp;month=0&amp;ind=0&amp;team=22&amp;rost=0&amp;age=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=14107%2C27792&amp;startdate=&amp;enddate=&amp;page=1_50&amp;v_cr=202301&amp;season1=2024&amp;season=2024">LAD</a></td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 25px;" data-col-id="GS" data-stat="GS">5</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 20px;" data-col-id="W" data-stat="W">2</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 12px;" data-col-id="L" data-stat="L">1</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 34px;" data-col-id="IP" data-stat="IP">25.0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 40px;" data-col-id="ERA" data-stat="ERA">4.68</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="xERA" data-stat="xERA">4.14</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="ERA-" data-stat="ERA-">117</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 35px;" data-col-id="FIP" data-stat="FIP">3.68</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 56px;" data-col-id="WHIP" data-stat="WHIP">1.44</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 35px;" data-col-id="K/9" data-stat="K/9">6.48</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="BB/9" data-stat="BB/9">4.32</td>
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<h2>Teams:</h2>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-72251" src="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-28.png" alt="" width="1282" height="683" srcset="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-28.png 1282w, https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-28-300x160.png 300w, https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-28-1024x546.png 1024w, https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-28-768x409.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1282px) 100vw, 1282px" /></p>
<p><em>&#8211; Data via Baseball-Reference</em></p>
<h2>Lineups:</h2>
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<p><strong>BLUE JAYS:</strong></p>
<div class="starting-lineups__teams starting-lineups__teams--xs starting-lineups__teams--md starting-lineups__teams--lg">
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<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/george-springer-543807" target="" rel="noopener">G Springer</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/vladimir-guerrero-jr-665489" target="" rel="noopener">V Guerrero Jr.</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) DH</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/bo-bichette-666182" target="" rel="noopener">B Bichette</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/justin-turner-457759" target="" rel="noopener">J Turner</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 1B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/davis-schneider-676914" target="" rel="noopener">D Schneider</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) LF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/daulton-varsho-662139" target="" rel="noopener">D Varsho</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) CF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/isiah-kiner-falefa-643396" target="" rel="noopener">I Kiner-Falefa</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 3B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/alejandro-kirk-672386" target="" rel="noopener">A Kirk</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/cavan-biggio-624415" target="" rel="noopener">C Biggio</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 2B</span></li>
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<div class="p-button p-button--regular starting-lineups__button"><strong>DODGERS:</strong></div>
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<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/mookie-betts-605141" target="" rel="noopener">M Betts</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/shohei-ohtani-660271" target="" rel="noopener">S Ohtani</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) DH</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/freddie-freeman-518692" target="" rel="noopener">F Freeman</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 1B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/teoscar-hernandez-606192" target="" rel="noopener">T Hernández</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) LF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/max-muncy-571970" target="" rel="noopener">M Muncy</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 3B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/andy-pages-681624" target="" rel="noopener">A Pages</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/james-outman-681546" target="" rel="noopener">J Outman</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) CF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/gavin-lux-666158" target="" rel="noopener">G Lux</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 2B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/austin-barnes-605131" target="" rel="noopener">A Barnes</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
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To say it's been a rough run for the Blue Jays would be an understatement.



In Saturday's loss to the Dodgers, the club set a franchise record for the longest strech without holding a lead, at 37 innings. Yes, that's right. 37 innings of baseball and not a single lead.

Their last lead was all the way back on last Tuesday, when they had a 1-0 lead over the Royals after the top of the third, and since it's been all bad.

They can't seem to score with RISP and they're struggling to get much of anything going, to be honest, dropping five straight games. While the early season road trip was undoubtedly tough on the club, they returned home and had a nice run, winning three series at home and another on the road against the Padres. Then, the Royals shut down the Jays in Kansas, and the Dodgers have had their way this weekend at the Rogers Center.

Today's game will see Kevin Gausman take the mound for the Jays and Michael Grove for the Dodgers in what appears to be a bullpen day. Let's see if the Jays can muster up anything.

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<strong>First pitch:</strong>

1:37 p.m. EST. TV &amp; Radio: Sportsnet.
<h2><strong>Starting pitchers:</strong></h2>
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<th class="align-left " style="width: 50px;" data-col="1" data-col-id="Team" data-stat="Team">Team</th>
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<td class="align-left fixed" style="width: 123px;" data-col-id="Name" data-stat="Name"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/kevin-gausman/14107/stats">Kevin Gausman</a></td>
<td class="align-left" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="Team" data-stat="Team"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&amp;stats=pit&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;type=c%2C8%2C4%2C5%2C13%2C6%2C332%2C117%2C45%2C42%2C36%2C37&amp;month=0&amp;ind=0&amp;team=14&amp;rost=0&amp;age=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=14107%2C27792&amp;startdate=&amp;enddate=&amp;page=1_50&amp;v_cr=202301&amp;season1=2024&amp;season=2024">TOR</a></td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 25px;" data-col-id="GS" data-stat="GS">5</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 20px;" data-col-id="W" data-stat="W">0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 12px;" data-col-id="L" data-stat="L">3</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 34px;" data-col-id="IP" data-stat="IP">21.0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 40px;" data-col-id="ERA" data-stat="ERA">5.57</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="xERA" data-stat="xERA">6.33</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="ERA-" data-stat="ERA-">146</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 35px;" data-col-id="FIP" data-stat="FIP">4.30</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 56px;" data-col-id="WHIP" data-stat="WHIP">1.57</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 35px;" data-col-id="K/9" data-stat="K/9">7.71</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="BB/9" data-stat="BB/9">2.57</td>
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<td class="align-left fixed" style="width: 123px;" data-col-id="Name" data-stat="Name"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/gavin-stone/27792/stats">Gavin Stone</a></td>
<td class="align-left" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="Team" data-stat="Team"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&amp;stats=pit&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;type=c%2C8%2C4%2C5%2C13%2C6%2C332%2C117%2C45%2C42%2C36%2C37&amp;month=0&amp;ind=0&amp;team=22&amp;rost=0&amp;age=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=14107%2C27792&amp;startdate=&amp;enddate=&amp;page=1_50&amp;v_cr=202301&amp;season1=2024&amp;season=2024">LAD</a></td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 25px;" data-col-id="GS" data-stat="GS">5</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 20px;" data-col-id="W" data-stat="W">2</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 12px;" data-col-id="L" data-stat="L">1</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 34px;" data-col-id="IP" data-stat="IP">25.0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 40px;" data-col-id="ERA" data-stat="ERA">4.68</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="xERA" data-stat="xERA">4.14</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="ERA-" data-stat="ERA-">117</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 35px;" data-col-id="FIP" data-stat="FIP">3.68</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 56px;" data-col-id="WHIP" data-stat="WHIP">1.44</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 35px;" data-col-id="K/9" data-stat="K/9">6.48</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="BB/9" data-stat="BB/9">4.32</td>
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<h2>Teams:</h2>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-72251" src="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-28.png" alt="" width="1282" height="683" />

<em>- Data via Baseball-Reference</em>
<h2>Lineups:</h2>

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<strong>BLUE JAYS:</strong>
<div class="starting-lineups__teams starting-lineups__teams--xs starting-lineups__teams--md starting-lineups__teams--lg">
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 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/george-springer-543807" target="" rel="noopener">G Springer</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/vladimir-guerrero-jr-665489" target="" rel="noopener">V Guerrero Jr.</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) DH</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/bo-bichette-666182" target="" rel="noopener">B Bichette</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/justin-turner-457759" target="" rel="noopener">J Turner</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 1B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/davis-schneider-676914" target="" rel="noopener">D Schneider</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) LF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/daulton-varsho-662139" target="" rel="noopener">D Varsho</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) CF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/isiah-kiner-falefa-643396" target="" rel="noopener">I Kiner-Falefa</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 3B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/alejandro-kirk-672386" target="" rel="noopener">A Kirk</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/cavan-biggio-624415" target="" rel="noopener">C Biggio</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 2B</span></li>
</ol>

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<div class="p-button p-button--regular starting-lineups__button"><strong>DODGERS:</strong></div>
</div>
</div>
<ol class="starting-lineups__team starting-lineups__team--away">
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/mookie-betts-605141" target="" rel="noopener">M Betts</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/shohei-ohtani-660271" target="" rel="noopener">S Ohtani</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) DH</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/freddie-freeman-518692" target="" rel="noopener">F Freeman</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 1B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/teoscar-hernandez-606192" target="" rel="noopener">T Hernández</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) LF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/max-muncy-571970" target="" rel="noopener">M Muncy</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 3B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/andy-pages-681624" target="" rel="noopener">A Pages</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/james-outman-681546" target="" rel="noopener">J Outman</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) CF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/gavin-lux-666158" target="" rel="noopener">G Lux</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 2B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/austin-barnes-605131" target="" rel="noopener">A Barnes</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
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