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Series Recap: Blue Jays swept by White Sox to begin season 4-5
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Photo credit: © Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images
Ryley Delaney
Apr 6, 2026, 07:00 EDTUpdated: Apr 5, 2026, 17:50 EDT
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The Toronto Blue Jays’ series against the Colorado Rockies was bad, but somehow their series against the Chicago White Sox was even worse.
Entering the weekend series, the White Sox had won just one game in six tries. There were a couple of common trends between the three games, namely the Blue Jays failing to hit with runners in scoring position, and the White Sox opening the scoring in the bottom of the first.
Friday’s game saw the White Sox take a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. The Blue Jays tied it in the top of the second, then the White Sox added two runs throughout the game. Down 3-1 in the top of the eighth, Andrés Giménez hit his second home run of the season to tie it at three.
The Jays scored in the top half of the 10th inning, but had a ton of bad luck in the bottom half of the inning. Alejandro Kirk suffered a fractured thumb, leaving the game. With two outs, Tyler Heineman’s throw missed Vladimir Guerrero Jr. allowing the tying run to score. Shortly after, the White Sox walked it off.
For the second time in as many games, the White Sox opened the scoring in the bottom of the first in Saturday’s affair. That score holding until the top of the sixth. Earlier in the game, Guerrero Jr. was just inches away from hitting his first home run. Thankfully, he made no mistake in the sixth, hitting a two-run homer to take the lead.
Then, Brendon Little came into the game. He gave up a lead-off double, a two-run home run, and a solo home run, giving the White Sox a 4-2 lead. The Jays got one of those runs with a bases loaded sacrifice fly, but Heineman was thrown out trying to advance to third, ending the inning. Had he not gone, Guerrero Jr. would’ve had a chance to do damage with two runners on.
Heineman’s tough weekend continued. A grounder with two outs had no play at first base, but Ernie Clement faked a throw which hung the lead runner up between third and home. In the run down, Heineman threw it over Clement (who was covering third), allowing two runs to score, as the Jays lost 6-3.
Sunday’s game was much of the same. With Eric Lauer on the mound, the White Sox scored early, got to the bullpen quickly, and took a 3-0 lead. The Blue Jays had two good chances to add a run on the board, loading the bases in the third with two outs and leading off the seventh with two singles. Barger grounded out to end the threat in the third, and a lineout plus two strikeouts ended the threat in the seventh.
No matter how you slice it, this has been a horrendous start for the Jays. After sweeping the Athletics to start their season 3-0 for the first time since 1996, the Jays are 1-5 in their last six, facing two basement-dwelling teams in the Rockies and White Sox.
Pitching wasn’t great like it was in the Athletics series, but it’s not why they lost. Unlike last season, the Blue Jays have struggled mightily to hit with runners in scoring position, going 2-22 in the series against the White Sox.
Add in an injury to one of their most player, Kirk, and a potential injury to Barger, and the Blue Jays position player depth is already being tested early. That doesn’t even mention the injuries to the four starting pitchers.
Going 4-5 with the schedule that the Blue Jays have had raises some alarms. They have to show up in their next season, hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers for three games in a 2025 World Series rematch. Their goal needs to be to take at least two of three, because this type of start could snowball quickly.
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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