What an awful season this is turning into.

On Tuesday evening, the Blue Jays took on the Philadelphia Phillies in the City of Brotherly love, and lost 10-1, bringing their season record to 16-20, yikes!
In the bottom of the first, Nick Castellanso doubled to score the game’s first run, before Kody Clemens hit a home run in the bottom of the second to make it a 3-0 lead early. That’s all the Phillies needed.
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The Phillies are unstoppable <a href="https://t.co/OKT240nGb7">pic.twitter.com/OKT240nGb7</a>
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It’s not all they’d get though, as Clemens hit a triple to make it 4-0, before Bryce Harper hit a grand slam to give the Phillies an 8-0 lead.
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Bryce Harper also uses Bryce Harper&#39;s bat.
And, well .. <a href="https://t.co/PAdYiVtaE9">pic.twitter.com/PAdYiVtaE9</a>
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The Jays would put up a run, as Isiah Kiner-Falefa grounded out to score a run to make it 8-1 in the top of the seventh, but it didn’t matter at all because the Phillies would answer with two more runs in the bottom of the eighth.
<h2>Things worth mentioning…</h2>
José Berríos had his worst start of the season, finishing with a line of 3.2 IP, 7 H, 8 ER, 2 BB, 7 K with two home runs given up. His ERA went from 1.44 to 2.85, a big jump, but it was bound to happen eventually.
The bullpen actually had a strong game, aside from Tim Mayza giving up two earned runs, three hits, and a strikeout in two thirds of an inning. Trevor Richards, Génesis Cabrera, Zach Pop, and Erik Swanson all didn’t allow a run, with a single hit and a walk between the four of them.
This &#8220;core&#8221; offence didn&#8217;t do great, there’s no sugar coating it anymore. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 0-3 with a walk, Bo Bichette went 0-4 with two strikeouts, and George Springer had a single.
There’s some good though with the bats, though. Danny Jansen had a strong game with a double and a single, Alejandro Kirk also had a double, while Justin Turner and Isiah Kiner-Falefa both had a single.
Up next: The Blue Jays play the second of two in Philadelphia tomorrow. Chris Bassitt will get the ball, and that game is at 1:05 PM ET. Hopefully the Jays win, but does it really matter at this point? Something has to change.
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What an awful season this is turning into.



On Tuesday evening, the Blue Jays took on the Philadelphia Phillies in the City of Brotherly love, and lost 10-1, bringing their season record to 16-20, yikes!

In the bottom of the first, Nick Castellanso doubled to score the game’s first run, before Kody Clemens hit a home run in the bottom of the second to make it a 3-0 lead early. That’s all the Phillies needed.

https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1787984838923862373

It’s not all they’d get though, as Clemens hit a triple to make it 4-0, before Bryce Harper hit a grand slam to give the Phillies an 8-0 lead.

https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1787996680501047394

The Jays would put up a run, as Isiah Kiner-Falefa grounded out to score a run to make it 8-1 in the top of the seventh, but it didn’t matter at all because the Phillies would answer with two more runs in the bottom of the eighth.
<h2>Things worth mentioning…</h2>
José Berríos had his worst start of the season, finishing with a line of 3.2 IP, 7 H, 8 ER, 2 BB, 7 K with two home runs given up. His ERA went from 1.44 to 2.85, a big jump, but it was bound to happen eventually.

The bullpen actually had a strong game, aside from Tim Mayza giving up two earned runs, three hits, and a strikeout in two thirds of an inning. Trevor Richards, Génesis Cabrera, Zach Pop, and Erik Swanson all didn’t allow a run, with a single hit and a walk between the four of them.

This "core" offence didn't do great, there’s no sugar coating it anymore. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 0-3 with a walk, Bo Bichette went 0-4 with two strikeouts, and George Springer had a single.

There’s some good though with the bats, though. Danny Jansen had a strong game with a double and a single, Alejandro Kirk also had a double, while Justin Turner and Isiah Kiner-Falefa both had a single.

Up next: The Blue Jays play the second of two in Philadelphia tomorrow. Chris Bassitt will get the ball, and that game is at 1:05 PM ET. Hopefully the Jays win, but does it really matter at this point? Something has to change.

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As always, you can follow me on Twitter @Ryley_L_D.

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