With the Blue Jays up 1-0, Francis retired Kyle Schwarber and Alec Bohm before walking Nick Castellanos and Max Kepler. Then, the 29-year-old hit J.T. Realmuto with a pitch, walked Bryson Stott to bring in a run, and hit Otto Kemp to bring in another run. Toronto manager John Schneider had seen enough after that.

ST. LOUIS — Blue Jays manager John Schneider thought for a moment, staring forward as he exhaled in the tunnels under St. Louis’ Busch Stadium. Toronto had just won its fifth straight series, toppling the Cardinals before finishing the sweep on Wednesday. The manager was asked to think back: When was the last time his team had a stretch this good?

Bowden Francis’s struggles continued Saturday in the Blue Jays’ loss to the Phillies. Pressure on the right-hander is mounting as his team tries to gain ground in the American League standings.

That’s the shame, right there.” The statement came from a Toronto Blue Jays star who regretted pulling himself off the mound before completing seven innings, despite averaging 15 pitches per inning. The post Blue Jays Receive Encouraging $15.

Francis allowed just one hit in the first 12 batters he faced. Then he spiralled in the fourth inning, exiting to a raucous Philly crowd.

Will Robertson will make his long-awaited major league debut Sunday for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Philadelphia Phillies.

For the past few years, the Phillies have had a tradition of celebrating wins with a fog machine that resides in a vacant locker of their clubhouse. After a particularly big win on Saturday, fog clouds still hung in the air about 20 minutes after the game concluded when the clubhouse opened to media,