{"id":10026,"date":"2025-09-11T06:33:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=10026"},"modified":"2025-09-11T06:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:33:27","slug":"yainer-diazs-late-homer-sinks-toronto-blue-jays-in-3-2-loss-to-houston-astros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/yainer-diazs-late-homer-sinks-toronto-blue-jays-in-3-2-loss-to-houston-astros","title":{"rendered":"Diaz\u2019s Late Homer Sinks Blue Jays in 3-2 Loss to Astros"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/jeff-hoffman-looks-on-as-yainer-diaz-hits-a-home-run-during-2025-mlb-season.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Hoffman looks on as Yainer Diaz hits a home run during 2025 MLB Season\" class=\"wp-image-10027\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Yainer Diaz\u2019s Late Homer Sinks Toronto Blue Jays in 3-2 Loss to Houston Astros\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Toronto Blue Jays suffered a 3-1 defeat against the Houston Astros, despite tying the game in the eighth with RBI singles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yainer Diaz broke the deadlock in the ninth with a solo home run off closer Jeff Hoffman.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Despite the loss, the Blue Jays stayed three games up in the AL East thanks to Yankees and Red Sox defeats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/toronto-blue-jays-lose-4-3-to-new-york-yankees-narrowing-american-league-east-race\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> came close to pulling off another dramatic comeback on Wednesday night, but a late home run from Houston\u2019s Yainer Diaz spoiled the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Down 2-0 entering the eighth inning, Toronto chipped away with <strong>back-to-back RBI singles from Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez and Nathan Lukes<\/strong>, knotting the score at 2-2 and breathing new life into the Rogers Centre crowd. It looked like the Jays might be set up for another walkoff finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IT&#39;S THAT TIME \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PDoqQo2MFW\">pic.twitter.com\/PDoqQo2MFW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueJays\/status\/1965951736117420071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closer <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hoffmje02.shtml\">Jeff Hoffman<\/a><\/strong> took the mound in the ninth with the game hanging in the balance. However, Houston had other plans. <strong>Diaz connected on a 94.7 mph four-seamer<\/strong>, sending it 385 feet into the left-centre field seats. Toronto couldn\u2019t respond in the bottom half, dropping the game 3-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manager <strong>John Schneider<\/strong> said afterwards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&#8217;s got good stuff, I still trust him. He&#8217;s been throwing the ball really well, and one bad pitch tonight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That one pitch was supposed to jam Diaz inside, part of the Blue Jays\u2019 game plan against the right-handed hitter. Instead, it leaked back over the middle of the plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I feel like a broken record, but it&#8217;s just one bad pitch. I feel like they go hand-in-hand with Hoff. It&#8217;s the home runs that are obviously going to hurt you. We&#8217;re trying to go in on Diaz all night and (the pitch) was middle-middle. I think the difference between when he&#8217;s really good and when he has a rough outing, that&#8217;s it, you know? It&#8217;s just the damage right there.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-long-ball-struggle\">The Long Ball Struggle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hoffman, who signed a three-year, $33 million deal with Toronto<\/strong> in January after two strong seasons in Philadelphia, has struggled with the long ball this year. After <strong>allowing only nine home runs in 118 2\/3 innings for the Phillies<\/strong>, he has already <strong>surrendered 15 in just 62 1\/3 innings with the Blue Jays<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think teams prepare a little bit differently for a quote-unquote closer. What we&#8217;ve been looking at in particular is the pitch deployment and when you&#8217;re throwing what pitch and what counts. He&#8217;s got three different weapons that are really good, and I think just trying to use them all appropriately is where the damage has come a little bit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jose Berr\u00edos<\/strong> gave Toronto a solid start, allowing two runs across 5 1\/3 innings while striking out four. He left after giving up a solo shot to Carlos Correa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think we have been showing that all year long. Every player in that clubhouse is contributing to the team. It&#8217;s fun to watch. We fight together until the last out.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Blue Jays held their three-game lead in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/baseball\">AL East<\/a> thanks to losses by both New York and Boston, though Detroit leapfrogged them for the league\u2019s best record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary: The Toronto Blue Jays came close to pulling off another dramatic comeback on Wednesday night, but a late home run from Houston\u2019s Yainer Diaz spoiled the effort. Down 2-0 entering the eighth inning, Toronto chipped away with back-to-back RBI singles from Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez and Nathan Lukes, knotting the score at 2-2 and breathing new [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-sports","category-usa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diaz\u2019s Late Homer Sinks Blue Jays in 3-2 Loss to Astros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Blue Jays almost pulled off another late comeback against the Houston Astros, tying the game in the eighth, but Jeff Hoffman gave up the deciding homer, and 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