Blue Jays set all-time MLB record thanks to pitcher-hitter combination
Toronto opened the season in style.
Blue Jays set all-time MLB record thanks to pitcher-hitter combination originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Toronto Blue Jays opened the 2026 MLB season in style.
They won in walk-off fashion on their Opening Day. Then they walked-it-off again on Saturday. And on Sunday, they capped off a series sweep of the Athletics .
In the process, they did something better than any team had ever done in MLB history. The Blue Jays had a better strikeout differential for a three-game series than any club ever, according to ESPN's Paul Hembekides . What that means?
The difference in times the Blue Jays struck out at the plate, versus how many A's they struck out from the mound, was the widest gap in the history of baseball. The Blue Jays struck out 50 Athletics. The Blue Jays' hitters were struck out just 17 times.