
Jays feeling confident in close games after two extra-inning comebacks against Padres
TORONTO — Before the season began the Toronto Blue Jays got together as a team and had a long conversation about talking things over in the dugout and playing for each other more.
That approach has been paying dividends in the month of May.
Daulton Varsho tripled in the tying run and then scored on Nathan Lukes’s RBI single in the 11th inning as the Blue Jays recovered from two extra-inning deficits to beat the San Diego Padres 7-6 on Thursday. Varsho said that the three-game sweep at Rogers Centre was because Toronto’s lineup has faith in each other.
“Just having good at bats, that’s all we could really care about,” said Varsho outside the home clubhouse. “Just having good at bats, having quality at bats, and being able to move around to the next guy.