Jose Bautista also brought in a run with a single and another came home when Phillies left fielder Tyler Goeddel dropped Martin’s fly ball. I feel like it’s a letdown to the team. Still, he pitched a complete game allowing that lone run on two hits and a walk with four strikeouts on 109 pitches. The lefty bat is, however, hitting.330 with four doubles, two home runs and five RBIs.
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Gallardo, 30, owns a flawless 3-0 record with a stellar 1.33 ERA and 0.98 WHIP over three career starts against Toronto.
Gant, who was drafted by the Mets in 2011 and traded to Atlanta in exchange for Kelly Johnson and Juan Uribe on July 24, allowed the one run on just two hits and two walks while striking out five.
“There’s not a lot of good to look at, but a lot of bad”, Mackanin said of his team’s effort.
Kucharik, sitting down the first base line, caught the ball one-handed – which is impressive enough considering how hard these balls get hit – but he also did it with his daughter Emily in his arms, AND while carrying a full plate of hot dogs and french fries! After concluding a series against the O’s recently in which they won three out of four contests at Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays boast a stellar 12-4 record in their last 16 games against in-division opponents.
On Friday night, the Phillies, now at 30-37 and slowly letting their once promising season get away, will welcome in the Arizona Diamondbacks for a weekend series; Adam Morgan (1-5, 6.33) will square off against Robbie Ray (3-5, 4.57). They are 19-8 since May 19, the second-highest winning percentage over that span behind Texas.
As Sportsnet’s Kristina Rutherford reported earlier today, Bautista had been dealing with a hip flexor issue and then injured his left big toe in a collision with the outfield wall last night. Bautista, who was 1 for 4 with an RBI, limped off the field with the help of a trainer. Philadelphia RHP Alec Asher, who is on the disabled list at Triple-A Lehigh Valley, was suspended 80 games for violating Major League Baseball’s drug agreement after a positive test for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, an anabolic steroid used to increase speed and strength. The other, Daniel Stumpf, was with the big club when he was suspended on April 14.
Tommy Joseph, the Phillies’ new “everyday” first baseman with Ryan Howard relegated to mostly a bench role, snapped an 0-for-17 skid with a second-inning double.
The Blue Jays bats are heating up, but outfielder Michael Saunders was on fire Friday against the Orioles. In fact, his numbers weren’t as poor as those of Baltimore starter Mike Wright.
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Yovani Gallardo (1-1, 7.00 ERA) will make his first start in almost two months against veteran knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (4-7, 4.16 ERA) on Saturday.
