The Toronto Blue Jays are struggling in the AL Championship Series against Seattle, looking different from the team that dominated the New York Yankees in the…<\/p>\n
TORONTO(AP) \u2014 Two games into the AL Championship Series against Seattle, the Toronto Blue Jays look like a different team from the one that pounded the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlways going to have optimism about this team,\u201d manager John Schneider said after Monday night’s 10-3 loss<\/a> to the Mariners dropped Toronto into a 2-0 series deficit. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to figure out a way to limit damage, one, and then two, generate more offense<\/p>\n Of the 27 teams winning the first two games on the road of a best-of-seven series during the 2-3-2 format, 24 have gone on to win. <\/p>\n Toronto, which led the majors with 49 comeback wins in the regular season, is trying to reach the World Series for the first time since winning its second straight title in 1993.<\/p>\n Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was 0 for 3 with a walk Monday and is 0 for 7 in the series. Guerrero went 9 for 17 with three homers and nine RBIs in four games against the Yankees.<\/p>\n Toronto has four runs and eight hits \u2014 just two for extra bases \u2014 in the two games against Seattle. Just one hit has come after the second inning.<\/p>\n Toronto went 40-41 on the road in the regular season but swept a three-game series at Seattle in May<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a good day tomorrow to reset as a team and get ready for Game 3 and whatever happens there,\u201d said rookie Trey Yesavage, the Game 2 loser. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t count this group out. This group is special.\u201d<\/p>\n