What U.S. media are saying about the Blue Jays’ Game 5 loss

The Blue Jays were six outs away.

Clinging to a one-run lead in the eighth inning of Game 5 and painfully close to a three-to-two series advantage in the American League championship series — the closest the Jays would’ve been to the pennant since 1993 — Toronto’s bullpen collapsed, allowing five runs including a dramatic Eugenio Suárez grand slam en route to a 6-2 loss Friday night.

John Schneider’s decision to go with struggling lefty Brendon Little has lit up group chats across Canada, and Americans have weighed in too as pundits dissect what happened.

Here’s what the U.S. media is saying about Game 5.

Tale of two managers

John Schneider’s decision to deploy Little, who had a 6.08 ERA over his last 21 appearances entering Friday, was a controversial one. But in another world, it