How Blue Jays have responded after crushing playoff losses

The Toronto Blue Jays have had some rough playoff losses over the years, though none quite like Tuesday’s disaster in the Bronx .

If this team can respond with a much better performance either on Wednesday or in a potential Game 5 Friday, Aaron Judge’s heroics will be forgotten.

Here’s how Jays teams of the past have responded to bad losses, starting with most recently and moving backwards:

Everyone remembers this one, though the less said about it the better.

After the offence no-showed in the opener in front of 47,000 and change at Rogers Centre (the Mariners won 4-0, with three of the runs coming in the first inning off Alek Manoah, including a two-run home run Cal Raleigh), all signs pointed to a winner-take-all Game 3.

About that. Toronto’s 8-1 lead vanished, George Springer an