Ok, that series could have gone better. The Jays spent their father’s day getting thoroughly sonned by the Phillies. Time to get out of Philladelphia.
The Jays couldn’t touch Zack Wheeler early. Ernie Clement’s line drive single in the second was all that stood between Wheeler and perfection through four. They finally got on the board in the fifth, on singles by Clement and Andres Gimenez and a sac fly by Alan Roden. Jonata Clase followed with a single of his own to plate a second run. At that point the Jays were in a 4-2 hole.
With the Phillies back up four in the sixth, they again went quietly in order.
Jose Berrios got off to a rough start. Trea Turner doubled on his first pitch of the afternoon, and Kyle Schwarber singled him home. He bore down for a while, getting out of the first and through the second without another run. For a while it looked like it was going to be a good day. In the third, Otto Kemp singled and stole second. Jose got two outs and then intentionally walked Schwarber to get to Alec Bohm. Bohm singled Kemp home to make it 2-0 before Berrios retired the next batter.
In the fourth, a single and a double put two on with none out. Berrios got a short fly out without a runner scoring, but Kemp followed with his second hit of the afternoon, poking a curve low and away into the gap for a two RBI single.
Finally, in the fifth and after the offence got him two runs back, he gave up a single to Schwarber and a huge bomb to left to Alec Bohm, making it 6-2. On the next batter, Roden sacrificed his body to keep it close, slamming into the wall to catch a Nick Castellanos fly ball that would have gone for a double. He left an eye black print on the padding and split his lip, but was able to shake it off and stay in the game. That was the end of Berrios’s day. He gave up six on nine hits in 4.2 innings, striking out five. There was a little hard luck there, but too many well hit balls.
Mason Fluharty took over and worked around a couple of singles to get the last out of the inning.
Erik Swanson handled the bottom of the sixth, poorly. Kemp singled for his third hit, and a pair of walks loaded the bases with two outs. That set up a Nick Castellanos grand slam to make it 10-2. Spencer Turnbull took over, giving up a walk but getting the last out.
They got two back in the seventh. Clement and Roden singled, and Robertson laced a ball to right that went off a leaping Max Kepler’s glove at the wall. It only went for a single because the runners had to hold, but it plated one and was a pretty loud first MLB hit. Bo Bichette lined a single later to drive in the Jays’ fourth and final run.
Turnbull completed mop up duty, giving up one run in the seventh on a trio of singles and a ground out. The Phillies managed two more hits in the eighth but didn’t manage to bring home their dozenth.
The offence didn’t accomplish much more. Barger walked in the eighth and Roden walked in the ninth, but neither threatened to score.
Jays of the Day: Clement (0.098) gets a round up for being the only Jay to do much
Not so much: Berrios (-0.296)
Tomorrow is an off day. They’ll travel home to Toronto to begin a six game home stand against the D-Backs and the White Sox. Game one starts at 7:07pm ET.