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- Updated: August 16, 2016
NEW YORK — Strikeouts have been an issue for the Blue Jays all season, and the lack of contact became a problem once again in the series opener vs. the Yankees.
Toronto struck out 13 times and had just three hits in a 1-0 loss on Monday night at Yankee Stadium. It was the first time the Blue Jays were held off the scoreboard since June 13 and the fifth time this season. They rank third in the American League with 1,012 strikeouts.
The Blue Jays are known for hitting home runs, but they’ve also become a bit of an all-or-nothing team. When the ball is flying out of the park — like it was with three home runs in a 9-2 win over Houston on Sunday — everything is fine. When it’s not, the team struggles.
“He’s got a good arm, good live arm and he has a nice little breaking ball,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said of Yankees starter Chad Green, who struck out 11 over six innings. “He was confident. As the game went on you could see it more and more.”
Green caused the Blue Jays’ lineup plenty of issues throughout the night. He struck out the side in order in the second and then again in …
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