{"id":912703,"date":"2026-09-28T10:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912703\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T10:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:36:27","slug":"blue-jays-finale-toronto-seeks-series-win-after-5-1-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912703\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays finale: Toronto seeks series win after 5\u20131 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/bramptonist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-27-jays-posting.png\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-27-jays-posting-696x392.png\"   alt=\"Blue Jays finale illustration showing baseball supporters in blue caps overlooking a generic Canadian ballpark\" title=\"Blue Jays finale: Toronto seeks series win after 5\u20131 loss illustration\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jays finale offers Toronto one last chance to win its closing series after Cincinnati handed the home side a 5\u20131 defeat Saturday at Rogers Centre. For Brampton fans following the final weekend, Sunday\u2019s scheduled 3:07 p.m. game is the decider after the clubs split the first two meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto enters the September 27 game at 78\u201383, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/statsapi.mlb.com\/api\/v1\/schedule?sportId=1&amp;teamId=141&amp;startDate=2026-09-25&amp;endDate=2026-09-27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MLB\u2019s official schedule<\/a>. Cincinnati is 75\u201386. Friday\u2019s opener went Toronto\u2019s way, 6\u20135, but Saturday brought a much quieter afternoon for the Blue Jays\u2019 offence.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jays finale follows a five-hit afternoon<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/statsapi.mlb.com\/api\/v1.1\/game\/822759\/feed\/live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">official MLB game record<\/a> lists five Toronto hits and two errors in Saturday\u2019s loss. The Reds collected six hits without an error, building their lead before Toronto put a run on the board in the seventh inning.<\/p>\n<p>JJ Bleday opened the scoring with a solo home run in the second. Cincinnati added two runs in the third, including one on a play involving a Toronto fielding error and another on Eugenio Su\u00e1rez\u2019s double. H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez then drove in two with a fifth-inning triple, extending the advantage to 5\u20130.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u2019s response came when Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez grounded out in the seventh and Kazuma Okamoto scored. That ended the shutout, but the Blue Jays did not score again. MLB credits Rhett Lowder with the win and Trey Yesavage with the loss.<\/p>\n<p>The contrast with Friday is clear in the final scores. Toronto scored six runs to take the opener by one; on Saturday, a single run was not enough to keep pace. The series therefore returns to even terms for the last meeting, with neither club yet holding the weekend advantage.<\/p>\n<p>What remains on Sunday<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jays finale is listed as the third game of this three-game regular-season series, with Rogers Centre again the venue. Sunday\u2019s result was not available when this preview was prepared. Starting lineups and late pitching changes should be checked through MLB before first pitch.<\/p>\n<p>For supporters travelling from Brampton, the useful detail is the scheduled afternoon start. Check current transport service and the team\u2019s game information before setting out. A listed start time does not establish ticket availability, and Saturday\u2019s result does not establish Sunday\u2019s lineup.<\/p>\n<p>The immediate sporting question is whether Toronto can recover from Saturday\u2019s limited offence and finish the series with a victory. Follow Bramptonist\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bramptonist.com\/category\/sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sports coverage<\/a> for regional reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Weekend scores<\/p>\n<p>Date<br \/>\nGame<br \/>\nFinal score<\/p>\n<p>September 25<br \/>\nCincinnati at Toronto<br \/>\nToronto 6, Cincinnati 5<\/p>\n<p>September 26<br \/>\nCincinnati at Toronto<br \/>\nCincinnati 5, Toronto 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Blue Jays finale offers Toronto one last chance to win its closing series after Cincinnati handed the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-912703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}