The Phillies Arrieta to Take on the Blue Jays in Series Opener

Phillies Look to Keep Pace with Braves in NL East

The Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies kick off interleague play this Friday. While the Phillies have struggled lately. They have gone 4-6 over their last 10 games. The team should be able to make some ground against the Jays.  They are 3 games behind the Braves in the NL East race.

TV: 7:07 p.m. ET, NBCS Philadelphia, Sportsnet (Toronto)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Phillies RH Jake Arrieta (9-8, 3.25 ERA) vs. Blue Jays LH Ryan Borucki (2-3, 4.27)

Odds: Phillies are -128-moneyline favorites. The total is 9 Under -120.

The Phillies hope their strong interleague play this season carries over into the weekend. They've won 11 of 17 of contests. Philadelphia did drop two of three to Toronto at Citizens Bank Park in May.

Toronto Is Playing a Lot of Young Players Down the Stretch

Rumored to have been in on the Arrieta sweepstakes just eight months ago, the Toronto Blue Jays are now on a different path. They have entered full rebuild mode.

At 57-69, the Jays are making use of their flopped season. They are auditioning their prospects at the big-league level.  It has been a revolving door in Toronto lately. Ryan Borucki is one of those young ballplayers.

Borucki's last trip to the mound was a brief one. The 24-year-old rookie was blitzed for a career-worst six runs on four hits in two-thirds of an inning. This was in Sunday's 10-2 loss at the New York Yankees.

Borucki allowed the first six batters he faced to reach base as the wheels came off in a hurry. He has yielded 14 runs on 19 hits and two homers in his last three starts. This was after keeping the ball in the park in each of his previous seven outings.

Curtis Granderson is 10-for-32 with three homers and 10 RBIs against Arrieta. He is 7-for-16 with three doubles and four runs scored in his last five contests.

Kendrys Morales belted his fifth homer in the last four games overall. He is 3-for-6 with two RBIs in his career versus Arrieta.

Phillies Counting on Arrieta Down the Stretch

By contrast, the former Cy Young Award winner and Ace of the Phillies’ staff, Jake Arrieta, is rounding into form. This is definitely when his team needs him the most.

Arrieta is poised to lead the Phillies to a postseason berth for the first time since 2011.

He has followed up a 4-0 mark over a seven-start stretch with back-to-back losses. He deserved a better fate in his last trip to the mound.

The 2015 NL Cy Young Award winner allowed just one run on four hits while striking out six. He also didn't walk a batter over six innings in a 3-1 setback to the New York Mets on Saturday.

Arrieta owns a 4-2 mark with a 4.85 ERA in eight career encounters versus the Blue Jays.

Cesar Hernandez has eight hits and six runs scored in his last seven games overall, although he went 1-for-12 in the previous series versus Toronto.

Recent Form

Team	record	money	vs LHP	vs RHP	Fave	Dog	O/U	Diff
Philadelphia	69-58	$539.00	15-14	54-44	45-28	24-30	55-66-6	0.029999999999999
Toronto	58-69	-$1,034.00	14-30	44-39	34-26	24-43	66-54-7	-0.61

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

J Arrieta (9-8) ERA: 3.25

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Aug 18, 2018	NYM	L	1-3	U	6	-$100.00
Aug 12, 2018	SD	L	3-9	O	5	-$100.00
Aug 6, 2018	ARI	L	2-3	U	8	-$100.00

Ryan Borucki (2-3) ERA: 4.27

event date	Opponent	Result	score	OU Result	ip	money
Aug 19, 2018	NYY	L	2-10	O	0.2	-$100.00
Aug 14, 2018	KC	W	6-5	O	4	$72.00
Aug 9, 2018	BOS	W	8-5	O	5	$148.00

Bullpen

Philadelphia's relievers have pitched 10.1 innings in the last 3 games.
Toronto's relievers have pitched 7.2 innings in the last 3 games.

Pitcher Recent Starts Vs Opponent

Philadelphia Phillies - J Arrieta

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
Aug 18, 2017	7-4	CHC	6.1	6	1	1	2	6	Win
Sep 9, 2014	9-2	TOR	6.1	7	2	2	1	5	No Decision
May 29, 2012	8-6	TOR	4.1	6	7	6	3	5	Loss
Jul 26, 2011	12-4	BAL	5	5	4	4	2	4	Win
Jun 15, 2011	4-1	TOR	6.2	9	3	3	2	5	Loss

Toronto Blue Jays - Ryan Borucki

Date	score	Winner	ip	hits	Runs	Earned Runs	walks	strikeouts	Decision
No Recent Starts vs. Opponent.

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.31	20	5.09	26
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.88	25	4.77	23
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	4.48	17	4.28	14
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.50	15	4.34	15

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	O/U	Away Pitcher	Home Pitcher	Away Hits	Home Hits	Away Walks	Home Walks	Away Strikeouts	Home Strikeouts
May 27, 2018	TOR	5	PHI	3	104	7.5	O	J.A. Happ (L)	Nick Pivetta (R)	8	6	5	3	13	10
May 26, 2018	TOR	1	PHI	2	-179	8.5	U	Jaime Garcia (L)	Aaron Nola (R)	3	6	3	0	12	5
May 25, 2018	TOR	6	PHI	5	101	9	O	Sam Gaviglio (R)	Zach Eflin (R)	11	7	1	5	11	10
Jun 16, 2016	TOR	13	PHI	2	121	7.5	O	J.A. Happ (L)	Aaron Nola (R)	17	5	3	2	11	6
Jun 15, 2016	TOR	7	PHI	2	150	8	O	Marco Estrada (R)	Jeremy Hellickson (R)	9	6	4	2	6	7
Jun 14, 2016	PHI	3	TOR	11	-281	8.5	O	Zach Eflin (R)	Marcus Stroman (R)	7	14	1	5	6	6
Jun 13, 2016	PHI	7	TOR	0	-179	9	U	Jerad Eickhoff (R)	R.A. Dickey (R)	9	6	4	5	9	8
Aug 19, 2015	TOR	4	PHI	7	225	9	O	Mark Buehrle (L)	Adam Morgan (L)	5	10	2	3	4	7
Aug 18, 2015	TOR	8	PHI	5	154	8.5	O	R.A. Dickey (R)	Aaron Nola (R)	9	11	6	2	9	7
Jul 29, 2015	PHI	2	TOR	8	-278	9	O	Jerome Williams (R)	R.A. Dickey (R)	7	16	1	1	5	4

MLB Betting Odds and Trends

Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia is 15-7 ATS in its last 22 games
Philadelphia is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of Philadelphia's last 24 games
Philadelphia is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Philadelphia's last 13 games on the road
Philadelphia is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
Philadelphia is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games when playing Toronto
Philadelphia is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Philadelphia's last 13 games when playing on the road against Toronto

Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto is 3-10 ATS in its last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games
Toronto is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games at home
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games at home
Toronto is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
Toronto is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Toronto's last 13 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Team Vs Division Or Conference

Philadelphia Phillies

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	69-58	41-22	28-36	45-23	28-33	55-66-6	15-14	54-44
Last 10	4-6	3-4	1-2	3-2	2-4	6-4	1-1	3-5
vs Div	25-26	15-9	10-17	19-13	7-12	21-28-2	6-4	19-22
vs AL	11-6	5-5	6-1	6-0	7-6	5-11-1	3-2	8-4
vs NL	58-52	36-17	22-35	39-23	21-27	50-55-5	12-12	46-40

Toronto Blue Jays

	record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U	vs LHP	vs RHP
Overall	58-69	32-32	26-37	34-21	25-46	66-54-7	14-30	44-39
Last 10	5-5	3-0	2-5	5-2	0-3	6-4	0-1	5-4
vs Div	22-32	17-14	5-18	15-4	8-26	22-29-3	2-17	20-15
vs AL	49-64	27-30	22-34	29-20	21-42	56-50-7	13-30	36-34
vs NL	9-5	5-2	4-3	5-1	4-4	10-4	1-0	8-5

Team Last 5 Games

Philadelphia Phillies

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Aug 23, 2018	WSH	2-0	W	143	7	Aaron Nola	8	M Scherzer	A
Aug 22, 2018	WSH	7-8	L	139	8.5	Zach Eflin	3.1	S Strasburg	A
Aug 21, 2018	WSH	4-10	L	126	9.5	Vincent Velasquez	4	T Roark	A
Aug 19, 2018	NYM	2-8	L	-193	8.5	Nick Pivetta	3.2	J Vargas	H
Aug 18, 2018	NYM	1-3	L	-104	7.5	J Arrieta	6	J deGrom	H

Toronto Blue Jays

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	starter	ip	opposing starter	Location
Aug 22, 2018	BAL	6-0	W	-176	9.5	Tom Pannone	7	David Hess	H
Aug 21, 2018	BAL	8-2	W	-131	8.5	Sam Gaviglio	7	D Bundy	H
Aug 20, 2018	BAL	5-3	W	-168	9	M Estrada	5.1	A Cashner	H
Aug 19, 2018	NYY	2-10	L	218	8	Ryan Borucki	0.2	J Happ	A
Aug 18, 2018	NYY	6-11	L	288	9	Sean Reid-Foley	4.1	Luis Severino	A

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