Semien has 3 hits, 3 RBIs, Blue Jays depleted Phillies 10-8

<p>DUNEDIN, Fla. &mdash; Marcus Semien and Bo Bichette hit consecutive first-inning homers, Randal Grichuk had a two-run double in a five-run second and the Toronto Blue Jays hung on to beat the injury-depleted Philadelphia Phillies 10-8 on Sunday.</p>
<p>Semien finished with three hits and three RBIs, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 11th homer, a solo drive in the eighth that gave him home runs in three consecutive games.</p>
<p>Toronto burst to an 8-0 lead and won for the sixth time in eight games, moving five games over .500 for the first time this season. </p>
<p>Philadelphia right fielder Bryce Harper (right shoulder soreness) and catcher J.T. Realmuto (sore left wrist) were both out of the lineup after leaving Saturday night’s game early. </p>
<p>Harper replaced Scott Kingery in right in the sixth inning. Harper popped up a bunt for an out with two on and one out in the eighth with the Phillies down 9-4, then stranded two on the ninth when with a game-ending strikeout on a full-count fastball from Jeremy Beasley, the eighth pitch of the at-bat.</p>
<p>Beasley replaced Jordan Romano, who was checked by an athletic trainer in the early in the ninth and then departed with two outs.</p>
<p>Nick Maton homered twice and drove in four runs for the Phillies. He hit his first big league home run, combining with Andrew McCutchen for consecutive homers in a three-run fifth, and added another solo drive during the sixth. His two-run single in the eighth closed Philadelphia to 9-6.</p>
<p>Phillies shortstop Didi Gregorius (right elbow stiffness) missed his fourth consecutive game. Catcher Andrew Knapp was a late scratch due to left side tightness.</p>
<p>Toronto starter Robbie Ray (2-1) allowed four runs and seven hits over 5 2/3 innings. The lefty had his career-best streak of 30 1/3 innings without a walk stopped when Odúbel Herrera drew a free pass with two outs in the fourth.</p>
<p>Semien and Bichette connected to start the first off Chase Anderson (2-4).</p>
<p>Danny Jansen and Bichette had RBI singles, Guerrero Jr. hit a run-scoring double and Grichuk added a two-run double in the second that made it 7-0.</p>
<p>Semien also had a third-inning RBI double that put Toronto ahead 8-0 and an seventh-inning run-scoring grounder.</p>
<p>Anderson gave up seven runs and eight hits in 1 1/3 innings.</p>
<p>Outfielders from both teams had trouble at times tracking fly balls with sun, high sky and windy conditions at TD Ballpark. Several hits dropped between infielders and outfielder as well.</p>
<p> TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>Phillies: McCutchen, who had his left hip flexor lock up during a late at-bat Saturday night, was the DH.</p>
<p>Blue Jays: Reliever Rafael Dolis (right calf strain) threw a 21-pitch simulated game and did defensive drills. … DH Rowdy Tellez appeared to hurt this leg running on a single in the eighth and left the game. … Jordan Romano was checked by a trainer in the early in the ninth and then departed with two outs.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Phillies: RHP Zack Wheeler (3-2) will take the mound Tuesday night against Miami.</p>
<p>Blue Jays: LHP Hyun Jin Ryu (3-2) will face Boston LHP Eduardo Rodríguez (5-1) in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday night.</p>
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