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Instant Reaction: Blue Jays surrender another ninth inning home run in 8-3 loss to Yankees
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Ryley Delaney
Jun 14, 2026, 15:15 EDTUpdated: Jun 14, 2026, 18:21 EDT
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The Toronto Blue Jays just did what they couldn’t afford to do on this home stand, finishing with a losing record.
Entering Sunday’s series finale against the New York Yankees, the Jays had a 4-4 record on the home stand, leaving them three games below .500. Well, with a loss in the series finale, the Jays are now 34-38. Let’s take a look at what went wrong on Sunday.
Patrick Corbin allowed back-to-back singles to lead-off the first inning, but escaped the jam. He wasn’t so lucky in the second inning. Max Schuemann hit a one-out double, then was cashed in thanks to a single courtesy of Anthony Volpe. The following batter, former Blue Jay Ali Sánchez, drove him in with a single to put the Yankees up 2-0.
In the bottom of the third, the Jays hit back-to-back singles to lead-off the inning, but Yohendrick Piñango grounded out. Thankfully, they at least got one run, as Kazuma Okamoto hit an infield single with an error to cut the Yankees’ lead in half.
Then the Jays had a rally in the bottom of the fourth. Ernie Clement led off the inning with a single, then George Springer and Nathan Lukes hit back-to-back two-out singles, with the latter driving in the game-tying run.
The Yankees restored their one-run lead in the sixth inning, as the lead-off walk came back to bite them. However, Davis Schneider went deep for the first time since March 30th, blasting it to dead centre to tie the game up at three.
Like Saturday’s game, the teams were deadlocked heading into the ninth inning. And just like last night, the Yankees hit a two-run home run. The only difference is that they tacked on more runs, as José Caballero hit a three-run home run.
In the bottom half of the ninth, the Jays had two on with two outs, but Alejandro Kirk lined out to end the game, as the Jays lost another series in June.

Takeaways…

Unsurprisingly, the Blue Jays found ways to get on base yet again, finishing with 11 hits and three walks. But what sunk them, as has been the case all season, is failing to get the big hit. They went 2-9 with runners in scoring position, stranding nine.
It was nice to see Davis Schneider get one over the fence, hitting a game-tying solo shot. He was a big part of the team’s success last season and if he can start to hit for power off the bench, that’ll be huge for the Blue Jays.
Kazuma Okamoto had a good game, driving in one of the three runs the Jays scored, while also hitting his ninth double of the season. Nathan Lukes had a three-hit game, hitting his seventh double of the season and driving in a run as well. George Springer singled twice, raising his batting average to .208.
Patrick Corbin made the start, going just three and two-thirds innings, striking out three and giving up two earned runs. Spencer Miles pitched the bulk of the innings in relief, giving up and earned run in his two and two-thirds innings pitched.
Mason Fluharty and Jeff Hoffman each threw scoreless outings, with Hoffman getting Fluharty out of a jam thanks to back-to-back strikeouts in the top of the eighth inning. Hoffman stranded a runner on third after Fluharty issued a walk, the runner stole second, then reached third on a balk.
That balk led to John Schneider discussing the play with the ump. It seemed civil and looked to be over, but Schneider turned around, said something else, then was ejected. This was Schneider’s 14th ejection in the big leagues.
Louis Varland gave up a two-run home run on Saturday, Braydon Fisher was the reliever that gave up a two-run, ninth inning blast on Sunday. He was tagged for one more run, when Tommy Nance gave up a three-run blast later in the inning.
For better or worse, the Blue Jays have an off-day on Monday. They’ll return to action on Tuesday, as they travel to Fenway Park for a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox. Tuesday’s game has a 6:45 PM ET start time, with Dylan Cease the team’s likely starter.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.
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