Philadelphia Phillies top Toronto Blue Jays in Chase Utley’s farewell game

Buehrle’s line read four innings, four runs, seven hits.

Toronto Blue Jays’ Mark Buehrle pitches during the third inning of…

Buehrle, though, felt he pitched well.

“With me and (shortstop Troy Tulowitzki) going from the National League to the American League it’s definitely a switch….” I assumed my stuff was higher than my final 4 outings.

Third baseman Andres Blanco and right fielder Jeff Francoeur also homered for Philadelphia, which snapped a four-game losing streak. Utley received a standing ovation after celebrating on the field after the game and doffed his hat in appreciation.

Tom Wilson of the Washington Capitals hasn’t been alive to see the Blue Jays even make the playoffs.

“It’s a logjam right now”, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “It’s good baseball”.

The Phillies took a 4-3 lead on Freddy Galvis’ RBI triple in the fourth.

Altherr was on the Triple-A IronPigs’ team bus to Scranton on Tuesday when he learned he had been called up to the Phillies after Maikel Franco was put on the disabled list with a small fracture in his left wrist.

Rudge said in the event of a schedule conflict, the Argos have reached out to a number of venues to host their affected home games.

On this day, they didn’t. In fact, Morgan has walked just one hitter in his last 19 innings, adding to the eerily similar resemblance to Lee’s pitching motion he has on the mound.

“You never know in this ballpark”, Gibbons said.

“Sometimes the MVP Award voting is not just about what you do but when you do it”, he writes.

Morgan (4-4), had success against one of the league’s most potent offenses. His teammates compounded his misery with sloppy defence in the Phillies’ three-run first. 261 with two home runs and a. 369 on-base percentage in 69 at-bats this season against lefties.

San Jose Sharks’ Logan Couture reacts after scoring a goal against the Washington Capitals during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, February 11, 2015, in San Jose, Calif. Just like fans across Canada, NHL players, including Couture, are getting caught up in Blue Jays fever.

The Phils’ rookie outfielder had a big game in what could be Chase Utley’s last as a Phillie.

Encarnacion went 1-for-3 with a strikeout against Morgan in a Philadelphia win on July 28 in Toronto and is hitting.

“It was good to be out there and get that first hit out of the way”, he said. “Balls off the plate, guys were hitting them”.

Donaldson hit a one-out solo homer off Nola in the first.

Toronto scored twice towards reliever within the eighth on an error by Philadelphia second baseman Cesar Hernandez and an infield out. This marks the 12th time in 16 seasons the 36-year-old Buehrle has won at least 13 games. Luis Garcia gave up a couple runs in the eighth to give Ken Giles a save opportunity, which he converted with a scoreless ninth, lowering his ERA to 1.69. It was additionally his second victory over the Jays this season.

There was no grand send-off, with his trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers not officially completed during the Phils’ series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays.