The Toronto Blue Jays have been on a roll in recent weeks, but Monday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates presented a significant bump in the road.

The Blue Jays lost their second straight game, but more critically, they lost franchise slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to a hamstring injury in the middle of the matchup.

"Guerrero left the contest in the fifth inning when Ty France pinch hit in his place," Mitch Bannon reported for The Athletic . "The franchise first baseman felt hamstring tightness in the third frame after doing the splits to field a throw from across the diamond, manager John Schneider said."

After the game, Schneider was quick to downplay any serious concerns about the injury with a three-word message: "It's just tightness," the manager said, according to the Associa

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