Blue Jays Host Phillies: Battle of Streaks in Toronto

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00:00Toronto Blue Jays they have won five consecutive games the Blue Jays today playing host to those

00:05Phillies up in the six Christopher Sanchez gets the start for the Titans they're close to a dollar

00:11and a half favorite on the road Bowden Francis on the other side for the Jays eight and a half

00:17the win total DRS five straight wins for Toronto four straight losses for Philadelphia which streak

00:23comes to a close today yeah the Phillies better start to hit we'll get to that in just a second

00:27but Christopher Sanchez on the mound last start five and two-thirds innings pitch two earned runs

00:31before that three earned runs before that three earned runs giving about six innings or so in those

00:35games he'll be confident tonight but here's the issue you look at his numbers over the past month

00:39120 total batters that he's faced great K rate 26 percent combined between lefties and righties

00:43ISO power number 103 weighted on base percentage 286 they're all really good numbers but look at

00:49this lineup tonight for the Toronto Blue Jays and it's always interesting to take a look at how

00:53lineups handle left-handed pitching because you don't get too many swings per month at those

00:56the last 30 days which most of these batters high teens low 20s but weighted on base percentage

01:02high for Guerrero Springer Kirk Barger Clement 445 for David Schneider Miles Straw 384 this lineup has

01:09done very well against lefties something to keep an eye on and also into Toronto tonight probably the

01:13dome will be open 70 degree temperatures with a light wind blowing out is always nice but from the

01:18Philadelphia Phillies side they really should be able to hit Bowden Francis you need Bryce Harper to get

01:22back in line I mean come on kid you got hit with a pitch nothing's broken get back out there

01:26the Phillies need you on offense because left-handed batters get the best of Bowden Francis his last

01:3164 lefties he's faced Ben how about this a 246 ISO power number and a 389 weighted on base percentage on the

01:38season if we include the first couple months a 333 ISO and a 406 weighted on base percentage

01:43stock doesn't have good numbers against righties but obviously you're going to settle in the middle of that

01:47lineup Kyle Schwarber should be your guy tonight and if Bryce Harper's in that lineup he should as well one of those two guys if they both

01:56split it you get plus money you move on but a good chance Ben that both of those guys get lefty

02:00shots here off of Bowden Francis that's the angle I want to play tonight