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No panic for Blue Jays despite tough stretch
- Updated: September 8, 2016
NEW YORK — The Blue Jays entered the month of September in the driver’s seat, but the margin for error has since been eroded. The team might be reeling, but instead of dwelling on past mistakes, Toronto has no choice but to look to the future as the most important series of the year looms on Friday night.
Toronto is about to open a three-game set vs. the Red Sox with first place in the American League East on the line. Following a pair of series losses to the Rays and Yankees — the Blue Jays were swept by New York with Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat — the good news is that the club has a much-needed off-day Thursday to reset the scene for the final stretch drive.
Home likely will have never felt as good as it does over the next couple of days. The Blue Jays led the division by two games on Sept. 1, but the Red Sox have since jumped in front by a game after defeating the Padres in San Diego on Wednesday night. This is not the time for pity, it is the time for execution.
“It’s the time of the year where if you struggle, it’s a bit magnified,” Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin said. “If you do well, everybody gets excited. We had a tough series, you put it behind us and keep moving forward.
“We’re right in it. We just need either a big play or a big hit somewhere …
