Toronto welcomes the Philadelphia Phillies to town later tonight for game one of a four-game split series. Following an early-afternoon start on Tuesday afternoon, the Blue Jays and Phillies will travel to Philadelphia for the latter half of the series.
Philadelphia was a pleasant surprise through the first month or two, playing baseball that was largely competent after opening the season with bottom-five expectations. The club does seem to be regressing back in that direction, however, and have lost seven of their last 10 games to bring their record to 29-34.
The Phillies present one of the league’s softest challenges for the Blue Jays pitching staff, sitting 29th in baseball with just 202 runs scored.