ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Five games into the 2017 season, the Toronto Blue Jays are off to a 1-4 start, hitting .217 as a team with just three home runs, but manager John Gibbons isn't hitting the panic button yet about his big bats.
"They will. They've all hit before," Gibbons said after Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Rays in 11 innings. "Sometimes, you go through those stretches, and nobody's trying harder than they are."
Toronto's 3-4-5 hitters on Saturday -- Jose Bautista, Kendrys Morales and Troy Tulowitzki -- went a combined 2-for-13 with six strikeouts in the loss, and all are hitting under .