Toronto Blue Jays at Philadelphia Phillies

· Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays

56-62, 28-31 Away

Final
7 - 5

Philadelphia Phillies

62-56, 31-30 Home

Lukes hits 2-run HR in 11th, Scherzer into 10th place all-time in Ks as Blue Jays beat Phillies7-5

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Philadelphia Phillies: Game Highlights

Max Scherzer started for Toronto and moved into 10th place all-time in strikeouts with 3,516, passing Hall of Famer Walter Johnson (3,515). He is second on the list among active pitchers behind Justin Verlander (3,554).

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered and had two RBI for the Blue Jays, who will go for a three-game series sweep on Sunday.

Scherzer surrendered two runs on five hits with four strikeouts. He struck out Kyle Schwarber leading off the sixth to move past Johnson before giving up consecutive home runs to Trea Turner and Bryce Harper that tied the game at 2 and ended the right-hander’s night.

Lukes drove a two-out, 3-2 sweeper off Chase Shugart (2-1) into the seats in right for the winning runs.

Louis Varland (5-4) gave up one run in the eighth and ninth, and Lazaro Estrada tossed a scoreless 11th for his first save.

Phillies starter Aaron Nola recorded his 2,000th career strikeout, but left with a right knee contusion after Jesús Sánchez’s hard liner to lead off the sixth inning hit the right-hander’s leg. X-rays were negative.

In the second inning, Nola became the 94th pitcher to reach 2,000 career strikeouts when he fanned Brandon Valenzuela. He gave up two runs on six hits with eight strikeouts and two walks.

George Springer was a late scratch from Toronto’s lineup due to left shoulder tightness, but entered as a pinch runner in the eighth. Springer was scheduled to be the designated hitter and bat fourth. He is batting .234 with 12 home runs and 36 RBI in 86 games.

Manager John Schneider said Springer has been “dealing with it the last couple of days.” But Schneider did not seem concerned that it would be a lingering injury.

Up next Toronto RHP Shane Bieber (3-2, 5.11) opposes Phillies LHP Jesús Luzardo (10-5, 3.36) in the finale of the three-game series on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	11th Inning	Sosa flied out to center.
	11th Inning	Marsh to third on a disengagement violation.
	11th Inning	Sosa hit for Stubbs
	11th Inning	De La Cruz struck out looking.
	11th Inning	Crawford flied out to shortstop.
	11th Inning	Estrada relieved Varland

Statistics

TOR		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	7
13	Strikeouts	7
7	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	2
40	At Bats	40
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	28
2	Caught Stealing	0
207	Pitches	179
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	18
47	Plate Appearances	45
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
5.6	Runs Created	5.5
.250	Batting Average	.225
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.425	Slugging Percentage	.450
.275	Secondary Average	.325
.340	On Base Percentage	.267
.765	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.717
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
4.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
46.0	Batter Rating	40.5
20.0	At Bats Per Home Run	20.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.40	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.98
.175	Isolated Power	.225
0.46	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.128	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.067
.025	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.100
14.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
90.5	MLB Rating	88.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0