After an emotional four-game series against the Braves, travelling across the border and enduring a five-run deficit in a first inning that saw their starter chased from the game, they may have been forgiven for putting their mop up crew on the mound and packing it in to fight another day. But the Philadelphia Phillies (82-56) revealed another aspect of their tenacity with a come-from-behind 10-8 win against the Toronto Blue Jays (67-73) on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre in the opener of their two-game stint.
Kyle Schwarber broke a 17 game home run drought in the most Schwarb-like fashion by mashing three (29, 30, 31) to go along with a single and double for the first five-hit game of his career.