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Series Recap: Blue Jays two of three from Marlins as offence wakes up
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Ryley Delaney
May 28, 2026, 07:00 EDTUpdated: May 27, 2026, 21:07 EDT
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Slowly but surely, the Toronto Blue Jays are inching their way to the .500 mark.
They finished up their two-series home stand with a three-game set against the Miami Marlins. By winning two of three, the Blue Jays have now won seven of their last 11 series and haven’t lost one since mid-May. Still, they sit 27-29 and eight and a half games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for the American League East lead.
After winning the first two against the Pittsburgh Pirates over the weekend, they had a chance to sweep their first series since the season opener against the Athletics in March. They failed to do so, and didn’t even have a chance against the Marlins after an 8-2 loss on Monday.
Trey Yesavage made the start, giving up a lead-off double to Xavier Edwards. A ground out moved him to third, and he was cashed in by an Otto López sacrifice fly. Those were the first two of 13 that Yesavage sat down in order, but he gave up back-to-back doubles in the top of the fifth, giving the Marlins a 2-0 lead.
Thanks to three singles in the bottom half of the fifth, the Jays cut the Marlins’ lead in half, but stranded runners on the corners while having just one out. That came back to bite the Jays, as they had some defensive miscues in the top of the sixth, leading to three more runs, all earned. 
Ernie Clement gave the Jays a modicum of hope in the bottom half of the sixth, but any doubt about this game was put to rest thanks to a three-run top of the eighth. All three earned runs were tagged to the every reliable Tyler Rogers.
The storyline of this game was their struggles with runners in scoring position, going 1-9 while stranding 10 base runners. This came one day after going 1-12 in the series finale against the Pirates, two winnable games.
Looking to avoid losing their third series to a team from Florida, the Jays responded with an 8-1 victory on Tuesday. Clement hit his second home run in as many days, this time in the bottom of the second. The following inning, they hit a single, double, and an RBI single to give themselves a 2-1 lead.
A lead-off single, stolen base, throwing error, and another single in the top of the fifth drove in the Marlins’ lone run of the game. But the Blue Jays responded with a six-run inning in the bottom of the sixth. Yohendrick Piñango led-off the inning with his second career home run.
After two outs, the rally officially began, as Valenzuela hit a single, Lenyn Sosa was hit by a pitch, and George Springer hit an RBI single. Sandy Alcántara walked Daulton Varsho, loading the bases for Jesús Sánchez, who hit the team’s second grand slam of the season, giving them an 8-1 lead and win.
The story of this game wasn’t just their bats coming alive, but the fact that Alcántara plunked four batters. It carried into Wednesday afternoon’s series finale.
Each team had a game where they finished with eight runs, but Wednesday’s affair was a low-scoring one. With a runner on second, López hit an RBI single to give the Marlins an early lead.
Eury Pérez was dialed over his four innings of work, striking out nine and allowing just three singles. One of his four base runners got on base because of a hit by pitch, nailing Kazuma Okamoto in the back, then following that up by looking into the Blue Jays dugout. Piñango went down swinging, ending the scoring threat.
But as Pérez was stretching to enter the bottom of the fifth, he injured himself and had to depart the game. The Jays took advantage of this, as Tyler Heineman drew a two-out walk, and Lukes hit a double to tie the game at one.
The biggest hit of the game, and arguably the Blue Jays’ season so far, came in the bottom of the sixth, as Okamoto hit his 11th home run of the season. Pitching, namely Jeff Hoffman, Louis Varland, and Tyler Rogers, did enough to earn the Blue Jays a 2-1 victory.
On Thursday, the Blue Jays begin a four-game weekend series against the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles are the only American League East team that the Jays haven’t played this season, and the Jays need to find a way to take at least three of four.
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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