Stroman stays sharp but again support lags

ANAHEIM — Marcus Stroman has yet to win a game during the Blue Jays’ most crucial month of the season, but he can hardly be blamed for the club’s recent woes. The harsh reality is the rest of his teammates aren’t doing enough to pick him up.

Stroman was the victim of no run support yet again on Sunday afternoon as Toronto fell, 4-0, to the Angels. The 25-year-old is 0-4 this month but he’s allowed three earned runs or less during each of those four outings. The problem is that the Blue Jays have scored a total of five runs over that same span.

The lack of offense reared its ugly head yet again in the series finale vs. Los Angeles. Stroman did his part by allowing two runs over six strong frames but his teammates managed a total of four hits and put just three runners in scoring position. Toronto now finds itself with an AL-worst 52 runs during September.

“That’s our goal is to keep our team in the game,” Stroman said of the starting staff. “I feel like, collectively, we’ve done a pretty good job at that all year and we have to continue to be better. We realize the potent offense that we have and that if we keep our team in the game as long as we can, our bats will …

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