He walked three, struck out two, and served up three dinger balls.
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And Eflin said afterward he wouldn’t have traded the experience, bad as it was, for the world. It still was a dream come true. Martin walked with one out in the third and Carrera hit his second homer of the season.
“I was pretty excited after the first couple of hitters”, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said.
Asche went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a home run that reached the second deck of the right field bleachers in the Phillies defeat.
“Edwin’s been doing a great job for us, driving the ball, hitting some big homers for us”, Donaldson said. The rest of the Blue Jays are a combined 2-for-12 against him. Edwin Encarnacion sat out on Monday after jamming a finger when he stole a base against Baltimore on Sunday.
“He said he’s still a little sore today, so I wasn’t going to use him”, Mackanin said.
“Unfortunately, after that first inning, stuff kind of got out of hand”, Eflin said.
Marcus Stroman (6-2) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings to win for the first time in four starts.
Jansen has 19 saves in 22 tries this season.
“The reason I brought him in down two runs is I want to get him out there and get him back on track”. “I’m the shortest pitcher in the big leagues and I realize that so I have to be very conscious about pitching down in the zone”.
Freddie Freeman was in top form on Wednesday, becoming just the seventh fearless to hit for the cycle.
The Phillies have lost nine of 11 away from home.
Toronto recalled LHP Chad Girodo and utilityman Andy Burns from Triple-A Buffalo to fill two empty roster spots. 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.
“We’re starving for offense and hopefully Cody can get it going”, Mackanin said. Franco injured his knee during a rundown in the fourth inning Sunday, landing awkwardly after tagging out Washingtons Chris Heisey. He now has an 18-10 record, an ERA of 2.88 and a WHIP of 1.025 in Toronto.
Jose Bautista returned to the lineup after missing the previous three games with tightness in his hip flexor.
The top four hitters in the Phillies lineup combined to go 1-for-15.
Asche doubled home a run in the fourth, cutting the Toronto lead to 4-2. Estrada is unbeaten in eight starts and has own three straight decisions.
Elsewhere, the Miami Marlins were 5-2 winners against the San Diego Padres, the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 10-6 and the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants overcame the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2.
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Zach Eflin leaves the game after he was taken out against the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning of an interleague baseball action in Toronto, Tuesday, June 14, 2016.
Eflin would give up a home run in the second inning, then other in the third before a mammoth grand slam by Donaldson in the third ended Eflin’s day quite early.
The Blue Jays have designated lefty Scott Diamond for assignment, as MLB.com’s Gregor Chisholm reports on Twitter.
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The Jays carried that momentum into the bottom of the inning, staking themselves to a lead they would not relinquish (note: I tempted faith by writing this in the 5th inning).
