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Blue Jays series recap: Jays sweep Cardinals to win 13 of their last 16
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Ryley Delaney
Jun 13, 2025, 08:00 EDTUpdated: Jun 13, 2025, 02:41 EDT
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The Toronto Blue Jays have become one of the best teams in baseball.
Their most recent series was against the St. Louis Cardinals, sweeping the fellow bird team in three games. Since the Tampa Bay Rays series in late May, the Blue Jays have won 13 of their last 16 games, and are 22-10 since May 8.
Monday’s game saw the Blue Jays defeat the Cardinals 5-4 in comeback fashion. They led 3-0 after the top of the eighth, but the Cardinals had a big bottom of the eighth to take a 4-3 lead. Down to two outs, Jonatan Clase hit his first home run of the season to tie the game, and Alejandro Kirk hit a double in extra innings, driving in the game-winning run.
Tuesday’s game was another one-run game, but with a lot more scoring. Despite the Blue Jays blowing a 4-0 lead, they never fell behind and won a wild game 10-9, with their two runs in the top of the ninth being just enough as Willson Contreras hit a three-run shot in the bottom of the ninth.
Looking for the series sweep on Wednesday, the Jays fell behind 2-0 early in the game, but scored five unanswered runs to coast to an easy 5-2 victory for the fifth sweep of the season. Ironically, the Blue Jays only had five sweeps all of last season, with their last sweep of the 2024 season coming against the Cardinals.
It was a great week for the bats. Alejandro Kirk is the second-best catcher in baseball, and he slashed .600/.600/1.133 in this series with two home runs for a 401 wRC+. He wasn’t the only regular with a fantastic series, as both Ernie Clement and Andres Gimenez finished with a wRC+ above 200, as both hit a home run.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Jonatan Clase, George Springer, and Bo Bichette also had 10 or more plate appearances, and all finished with a wRC+ above 120. The only regular without a wRC+ above 100 was Addison Barger, who still had an okay 95 wRC+.
Alan Roden played in two games and received four plate appearances, hitting two singles for a 193 wRC+. As for their other non-regulars, Nathan Lukes, Myles Straw, Davis Schneider, and Tyler Heineman all finished with a wRC+ below 0, but all four had limited plate appearances.
Even though the Blue Jays swept the Cardinals, their relief pitching wasn’t good. Their relievers combined for 10 innings, giving up nine earned runs for an 8.10 ERA. Only two of the seven relievers, Braydon Fisher and Spencer Turnbull, didn’t give up earned runs in their outings.
That said, the Blue Jays’ starting pitching was good. Jose Berrios pitched six and two-thirds scoreless baseball. Chris Bassitt gave up four earned runs, but gave the Jays much-needed length going seven innings. Eric Lauer pitched four and one-third innings, giving up two earned runs, but finishing with four strikeouts, the most of the three pitchers.
Surprise, surprise, the Blue Jays have another tough series upcoming, as they head to Philadelphia to face the Phillies for the second time in the last two weeks. They won the series two games to one last time they played.
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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