Eflin’s strikeout rate has almost doubled this season – he whiffed 12.6 percent of the batters he faced last season and 21 percent this year. The Phillies, who beat the Jays 7-0 on Monday when Toronto had nothing happening at the plate, dropped to 30-35.
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Herrera went 2 for 5 with three RBIs as the Phillies won for the third time in 13 meetings with Toronto.
Pillar and Devon Travis rapped back-to-back singles.
The 25-year-old did not have a hit in four at-bats in his first stint with Toronto. Edwin Encarnacion scores. Ryan Goins scores.
As you may have heard, the Toronto Blue Jays optioned Aaron Loup back to Triple-A Buffalo following the game last night.
And Eflin said afterward he wouldn’t have traded the experience, bad as it was, for the world. “I was obviously leaving some pitches up, and big league hitters are going to capitalize on that. I had the time of my life”.
Both of those got exposed very prominently over the weekend against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Eflin (0-1) allowed nine hits, three walks and nine runs (eight earned) in 2 2/3 innings. With Marco Estrada set to face Jeremy Hellickson in the pitching matchup, the over/under is sitting at 8 runs after the number opening at 8.5.
“My ankle is pretty sore right now and I am thinking that might be (one) reason why (his hamstring is tightening)”, Saunders said. In 80⅔ innings this season, Estrada has allowed just 48 hits for a ridiculous.168 opponents’ batting average. It’s something I came into the season trying to be better at. But this is the big leagues, so it’s tough. “You give him something to hit and he’s gonna hit it”. The grand slam, his 15th home run of the season, was the third of his career and second this year.
Edwin Encarnacion belted his 16th home run of the season in the seventh inning, a two-run poke that completed the Toronto scoring on the day. He has five homers in the last four games. Against that lineup in this park with the wind blowing, you can’t make mistakes. Dickey, then, is an authority on the particulars of the long ball. He has a 4.32 ERA, 7.83 FIP, 4.23 xFIP in that time.
Hector Neris, still in the middle of the same meltdown that has ruined him over his last few appearances, melted down from the bullpen to the mound and proceeded to melt down by allowing the Donaldson dagger, as well as two more earned runs, in most of an entire inning.
All the while, Stroman was setting down the Phillies quickly. Howard hit a home run of his own to a similar spot in the seventh inning for Philadelphia. “He looked like he was right on the money, but he just didn’t make quality pitches after that”.
“Unfortunately, after that first inning, stuff kind of got out of hand”, Eflin said.
Take that, Blue Jays!
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Eflin began his outing by fanning Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista. That includes a solo shot in Wednesday’s 7-2 victory over Philadelphia, a game in which the full scope of the Jays’ talents was on display.
