Philadelphia Phillies (9-10, third in the NL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (10-11, fourth in the NL East)
Buffalo, New York; Thursday, 4:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Vince Velasquez (0-0, 7.88 ERA, 1.75 WHIP, 11 strikeouts) Blue Jays: Trent Thornton (0-0, 2.25 ERA, 2.50 WHIP, 3 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays host the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.
The Blue Jays went 35-46 at home in 2019. Toronto pitchers struck out 8.2 hitters per game last season with a staff ERA of 4.79.
The Phillies finished 36-45 in road games in 2019. Philadelphia averaged 8.5 hits with 3.4 extra base hits per game and 311 total doubles last year.
The teams meet for the first time this year.
INJURIES: Blue Jays: Trent Thornton: (elbow), Nate Pearson: (elbow), Ken Giles: (right elbow), Yennsy Diaz: (lat), Derek Fisher: (left quad), Rowdy Tellez: (head), Bo Bichette: (knee).
Phillies: David Robertson: (elbow), Reggie McClain: (shoulder), Seranthony Dominguez: (elbow), Adam Haseley: (left wrist).
___
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by , and data from ,.
