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The setback dropped the Jays nine games under .500, a season-worst for a club that has experienced far more lows than highs.

“We all know and understand that we should be better, and we can be better,” George Springer remarked following the loss to his former team.

“But you don’t want to try to get it all back at once.

“You’ve got to keep going and see what happens. Our team has a job to do and that’s to play to the best of our abilities and not really be concerned about what lies ahead.

“The best thing for me, for us, for everybody, is to concentrate on the day, hopefully learn something, whether it’s good, bad or indifferent and, when it comes to the future and next year, hopefully we’re in a much better position.”

The Jays are back home following the respectable 5-4 road swing, then baseball’s all-streak break, but not much has changed.

At 44-52, they sit 9.5 games back of the third and final wild-card slot, in which 53-42 Boston resides.

At this stage, wins and losses become inconsequential.

But the Jays are in a position where they have to audition as many players as they can as they look to next season knowing this campaign is over — even if the math says there’s the slimmest of chances.

Rookie callup Spencer Horwitz, has flourished in his expanded role and it’s clear the Jays must have him in the everyday lineup, regardless of what moves are made in the weeks leading up to trade deadline day.

Getting as many at-bats as possible for Davis Schneider and Ernie Clement, while allowing Leo Jimenez to play as often as he can, should be paramount.

Steward Berroa (who made his MLB debut in Arizona last weekend) could also get an extended run,
Addison Barger, who has been called up twice this season, may even be given a third shot.