The Toronto Blue Jays made a valiant comeback effort on Wednesday night in Tampa Bay, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a five-run fourth inning by the Rays that put them out to a 7-1 lead.

What unfortunately played a major factor in Tampa Bay putting up that crooked number was a misplay in the outfield by Jesús Sánchez, who appeared to have a beat on the ball before it dropped just next to him. That not only changed the inning, as Max Scherzer could have worked himself out of a bases-loaded jam, but the game as a whole. It wasn’t his first fielding mishap of the night, either.

Manager John Schneider, as he always does, did his best not to throw his guy under the bus postgame.

“The first one was weird, looked like it went over the catwalk a little bit. If you take your eye off the ball here, it’s tough to regather it or where you are. Kind of looked like he took his eye off it on the first one and it’s tough to find it after that.

The second one, I haven’t talked to him yet about it, but looked like a weird play coming in. I’m sure it’s a play he would have liked to have made. You’re sitting there two outs and Walls up in a 2-1 game, so you take your chances. But it looked like, again, kind of didn’t see it or saw it and then didn’t see it,”

The 28-year-old Sánchez is batting .260 with eight HRs and 33 RBI through 87 games played in his first season with the Blue Jays. He was, of course, acquired by Toronto in an offseason trade with Houston for Joey Loperfido.

To make matters worse, Sánchez went 0-for-2 at the plate with two strikeouts before being replaced by Daz Cameron.

Blue Jays fans know this isn’t the first time Sánchez has had issues in the outfield, and Caleb Joseph said it best after the game: If he’s not hitting 40 home runs for you, then it’s hard to justify having him in the lineup, especially during this ever so tight AL Wild Card race.

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