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- Updated: August 26, 2016
TORONTO — John Gibbons has been known to say that when the Blue Jays don’t score in bunches, they don’t win. That point was driven home yet again on Thursday night.
Toronto’s offense continued its recent downward trend in another disappointing 6-3 loss to the Angels. The Blue Jays’ lineup struggled early this year, and then bounced back by the end of May, but the issues have resurfaced during the dog days of August.
The Blue Jays have scored fewer than four runs in 12 of their last 23 games, dating back to July 31. It’s hard for any team to win when scoring that few, but it has been even more noticeable on a Toronto club that is 9-41 in those games this season.
“There’s no doubt we’ve cooled off,” said Gibbons, whose team has averaged four runs per game this month. “That’s due to change, it always does. But we’ve fallen behind and we haven’t been able to get into a situation to get that big hit to climb back into it or open up some games. That will change. It’s similar to earlier in the season and that eventually changed.”
Toronto’s biggest strength this season has been its …
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