John Schneider, manager of the Blue Jays, on the team’s struggles: “Enough is enough”
The team needs to find solutions before things go out of control because Toronto is now in a serious rut.
After an ugly conclusion to a disappointing 10-game homestand on Sunday, John Schneider and the Blue Jays are under pressure.
To put it mildly, things are not going well for the Toronto Blue Jays right now, and manager John Schneider is feeling the pressure the most.
Schneider raised concerns about his struggling team in a press conference after the Jays’ 8-3 loss in extra innings to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday
The Blue Jays manager, John Schneider, stated, “We just need to get hits when we need to.” “We’re just not really following through on the double plays from George [Springer] and [Kevin] Kiermaier today, despite having a ton of opportunities.”
It has sort of reached the breaking point. You’re waiting for it to turn, and it will — not “I believe it will,” but “I know it will” — and the boys will need to keep working nonstop to get there.
The Jays are coming off a 4-6 homestand, however three of those victories came in a series sweep of the top-seeded Atlanta Braves in the NL East.
The Toronto Blue Jays would lose three of their next four games against the New York Yankees, and the Orioles would sweep them in three games.
After another subpar showing by Toronto’s bullpen in relief, Kevin Gausman pitched 115 pitches in a good outing for the Jays on Sunday before the game went into extra innings.
In addition, the Jays’ offense has all but dried up over the last six games, going an amazing 6-for-63 when they had runners in scoring position.
After making a mistake during a Saturday mound visit that resulted in him having to remove starting Alek Manoah—who right now needs all the confidence in the world—from the mound, Schneider has found himself in the public eye.
The Rays, the top club in the majors this year, will be the Blue Jays’ next opponent when they visit Tampa for a four-game series at Tropicana Field.
After that, they play the Twins in Minnesota. Now that they are in the bottom spot in the fiercely competitive AL East, the Blue Jays need to respond quickly.
Duchene wins in double overtime, and the Stars defeat the Avs 2-1 to go to the conference championship.
After participating in a play that resulted in a goal being disallowed for goaltender interference in the first overtime period, Matt Duchene scored at 11:42 of the second overtime.
The Dallas Stars defeated the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in Game 6 on Friday night to advance to the Western Conference final.
Securing a loose puck in front of the net, Duchene, an Avalanche draft selection in 2009, blasted it over a sprawling Alexander Georgiev. In jubilation, Duchene skidded down the ice and got down on his knees.
After the game, Duchene remarked, “(The puck) just popped out to me, and I shot it in and then pretty much blacked out.”
“I started skating because I was so fatigued, but soon I felt exhausted. To be honest with you, I have no idea what I did following that. I had a lot of energy.
After the game, the Stars celebrated in the locker room by playing John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High,” which was nearly appropriate.
Dallas moves on to play Vancouver or Edmonton next. The Stars are making their second consecutive trip to the conference final after falling to Vegas in the Stanley Cup final the previous season. 1999 saw the Stars win their lone Stanley Cup championship.
Forward Joe Pavelski of the Stars declared, “The dream’s still alive.”
At 1:56 of the third frame, Jamie Benn knotted the score.
In the first overtime, Mason Marchment thought he had scored the winning goal with 7:29 remaining, but goalkeeper interference disallowed it. The call on the ice was upheld and the play was reviewed.
A call resulted from Duchene and Cale Makar shoving in front of Georgiev.The NHL Situation Room clarified that Georgiev was unable to perform his job in the crease because of Duchene’s interference.
“Dutchie’s (bottom) was above the line, was the response I received. Marchment clarified, “His feet were outside the border, but his bottom was above it.
“To be honest, I don’t think they wanted to make it the winning goal. In the end, it is not that significant. We completed the task. It’s fantastic.
All evening, Jake Oettinger made 29 saves, which was excellent. One of his best came from Artturi Lehkonen, who took a close-range shot down low halfway through the second overtime.
Pete DeBoer, the Stars’ coach, described his goalie as “fantastic.”
The road team won five of the six games in this series, with the Stars winning all three in Denver. During the regular season, the Stars had the best road record and the Avalanche were the best team at home.
Dallas is one of the teams who finished a second-round series in six games, along with Florida and the New York Rangers. Only three postseasons in history (1999 and 2004) have seen the outcome of three Round 2 matchups decided in six games.
Due to Valeri Nichushkin’s suspension prior to Game 4 for breaking the terms of the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, Colorado’s turbulent post-season came to a painful conclusion.
About the Game 6 defeat, Makar called it “a heartbreaking result.” “This is the year that we all feel that we have a squad that is capable of pushing for the championship with all of our parts.”
Mikko Rantanen’s wrist shot over Oettinger early in the second period on a power play gave Colorado their first goal of the game and the series.
After 72 games played and one assist, Makar has 80 career postseason points. With 80 career post-season points in 80 or less games, he becomes the sixth defenseman in NHL history to do so, following Bobby Orr (66 games), Paul Coffey (67), Brian Leetch (70), and Al MacInnis (71).
With Yakov Trenin for Colorado and Range Hintz for Dallas down, both teams were lacking a forward.
Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon, a nominee for the Hart Trophy who finished with four goals and ten assists in the postseason, remarked, “We fought hard.” “The entire season, the effort was there.”
