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- Updated: September 10, 2016
TORONTO — Mired in a four-game losing streak and coming off Friday’s 13-3 loss against the Red Sox, the Blue Jays held a players-only meeting Saturday morning at Rogers Centre before the second game of a three-game series.
Toronto has dropped six of its past seven games to fall two games behind the Red Sox for the top spot in the American League East and hold just a one-game lead over the Orioles for the top AL Wild Card spot.
“I think they just wanted to talk some things out,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “That’s usually typical when you struggle.”
Before their nine-game road trip, the Blue Jays held a two-game lead in AL East and looked poised to potentially break away from the pack in baseball’s most competitive division. A 3-6 trip followed by Friday night’s blowout loss has Toronto entrenched in a crowded …
