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Series Recap: Blue Jays lose disappointing series to Rockies at home
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Ryley Delaney
Apr 2, 2026, 10:00 EDTUpdated: Apr 1, 2026, 20:38 EDT
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What a disappointing series that turned out to be.
Following the Toronto Blue Jays’ sweep of the Athletics, they welcomed the Colorado Rockies for three games. Last season, the Rockies were 43-119, so this season must’ve been three easy wins, just like last season, right? Wrong.
The first of the three games was on Monday, with Cody Ponce on the mound for the Blue Jays. In his two and one-third innings, Ponce looked terrific as he generated plenty of whiffs. Unfortunately, he suffered an injury trying to field the ball and will be out for a while with an ACL sprain.
Needing to cover over six innings of work, the Blue Jays did an okay job of keeping it close until the top of the sixth, as the Rockies hung a seven-spot on them. In the end, the Jays fell 14-5, with George Springer, Kazuma Okamoto, and Davis Schneider all hitting home runs. After seeing a teammate go down with an injury like Ponce did, it’s no doubt mentally hard to check back in. It’s hard to fault them for this loss.
On Tuesday, the Blue Jays responded with a 5-1 victory. With the bases loaded, Jesús Sánchez hit an RBI single with the bases loaded, followed by a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. walk. Rockies’ catcher Hunter Goodman cut the lead in half with one swing of the bat, but the Blue Jays had a 2025-esque inning in the bottom of the seventh thanks to four consecutive singles, then a double off the bat of Ernie Clement.
Max Scherzer went deep into this game, which was exactly what the Blue Jays needed. The 41-year-old righty went six innings, giving up one earned run, four hits, a walk, and striking out four. Their bullpen did the rest for the victory.
The two teams played the rubber match on Wednesday afternoon. With runners on first and second, Davis Schneider hit his 100th RBI to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead. Then with the bases loaded, Kazuma Okamoto struck out and Alejandro Kirk lined out to end the scoring threat.
Kevin Gausman pitched terrifically once again, going six scoreless innings with two hits allowed and 10 strikeouts. He set another record in this one, as he’s the first pitcher since at least 1900 with at least 10 strikeouts and no walks to begin the season.
Tyler Rogers replaced Gausman in the seventh and threw a scoreless inning, but the Jays continued to struggle offensively, and it eventually cost them. With the bullpen taxed, they turned to Tommy Nance for the eighth inning and walked the first batter he saw on four pitches.  That run came in to score and he departed with runners on the corners with one out.
Thankfully, Mason Fluharty picked up his teammate, striking out two batters to end the inning tied. Jeff Hoffman struck out all three batters he faced, but the Jays just couldn’t find the game-winning run. Brendon Little came in for the top of the 10th and gave up a run, although he did pitch well. Unfortunately, the top of the Blue Jays’ lineup couldn’t get it done in the bottom of the tenth.
After six games, the Blue Jays are 4-2. That sounds okay, but they’ve had an easy schedule and they should have won the series against the Rockies. Their easy schedule continues with a weekend series against the Chicago White Sox, the second-worst team in Major League Baseball last season.
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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