TORONTO - Jeff Hoffman stood on the mound at Rogers Centre, shaking his head as Christian Yelich rounded the bases.

It was the second consecutive home run that Hoffman, the Blue Jays closer, had given up in the ninth inning on Saturday, costing Toronto a 4-1 decision to the Milwaukee Brewers. Hoffman said he was shaking his head in disappointment as he allowed three runs in the inning and took his sixth loss of the season.

"Honestly, just want to be better," said Hoffman, who took the mound with the game tied 1-1. "Whenever you give up a lead, or it's a tie game and you give up that go-ahead run or whatever, it obviously doesn't feel good.

"We've got a lot of guys that are trying real hard in there and you don't want to be the guy that ruins it for everybody for the night. Tomorrow's a

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