Jeff Hoffman’s up-and-down season continued on Wednesday night for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Entrusted with the ninth inning in a 2-2 game against the Houston Astros, Hoffman surrendered a solo shot with one out to catcher Yainer Diaz — a run that held up as the game-winner.

It continued a troubling trend for the Blue Jays closer, as it was the 15th long ball he’s allowed this season, tied for the most given up by any reliever in MLB (Washington Nationals reliever Jackson Rutledge also gave up his 15th homer of the year on Wednesday).

But John Schneider is keeping the faith, even after Hoffman took his seventh loss of the season.

“I feel like a broken record,” Toronto’s manager said post-game. “It’s just one bad pitch… We’re trying to go in on Diaz all night, and it just kind of was middl

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