Philadelphia Phillies hold on for 3-2 victory over Blue Jays

Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista left after grounding out in the eighth suffering from cramps in his right hamstring.

Like Giles, rookie starting pitcher Adam Morgan was up against a formidable challenge in the Blue Jays.

Travis has been hitting great since coming back from the D/L, hitting 357/.402/.488, including his home run today.

Since prevailing in his major-league debut on June 21, Morgan has been unable to win any of his next four turns, including Wednesday’s no-decision versus Tampa Bay in which he yielded three runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 frames. “From then on out I really focused on keeping the ball down and mixing speeds in and out”. “I think I did the right thing”. “Thought it was pretty obvious”.

“I like to pretend that it doesn’t affect you at all, but when you look up there and see (your win-loss record), it hurts, it’s hard”, Dickey told MLB’s official website.

“If I would’ve run it out I probably would’ve strained it”, Bautista said. Ryan Howard led off with an infield single that bounced off his leg. Gibbons asked for a review but was denied.

Darin Ruf, Asche and Andres Blanco followed with consecutive doubles.

In looking toward the future, Philadelphia sent closer Jonathan Papelbon to Washington for Double-A right-hander Nick Pivetta on Tuesday.

Blue Jays third base coach Luis Rivera changed his jersey number from 2 to 4 so that Tulowitzki could wear his preferred number.

Although the Blue Jays are only 1-2 since he joined the rotation earlier this month, Doubront remained unbeaten when he did not factor into the decision at Oakland on Wednesday, giving up three runs (two earned) while throwing 92 pitches in 4 2/3 frames. Hamels threw a season-high 129 pitches in Sunday’s no-hitter over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Blue Jays are 3-8 in their last 11 during game 2 of a series and 1-5 in Dickeys last 6 starts.

Blue Jays: Travis left after two innings with a sore left shoulder.

Travis missed 36 games earlier this season after he injured his left shoulder when he was hit by a bad hop grounder in an April 30 game at Cleveland. The 25-year-old Alabama product has lost both of his starts away from Philadelphia, permitting two runs across seven innings to Atlanta on July 3 and five runs in four frames to the Los Angeles Dodgers five days later. Williams is 2-0 with a 3.72 ERA and nine strikeouts in his career against the Blue Jays.