Blue Jays manager John Schneider has known it for weeks and, over the past three games in Los Angeles, the World Series champion Dodgers exposed the weakness.

If the Jays are going to make anything meaningful happen down the stretch and beyond, their pitching staff is going to need to find a way to keep the baseball in the ballpark, something the Toronto skipper has publicly acknowledged.

While Sunday’s series-salvaging 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers was an emotional highlight, it was going down an all-too-familiar road early on.

When Eric Lauer allowed a pair of first-inning homers — as uncharacteristic as that was for him and his terrific season to date in the rotation — it bumped the Jays total of dingers allowed so far this season to a somewhat-alarming 161.

Of note, that’s

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