Blue Jays at Phillies 9/18/20 - Game 2 - MLB Picks & Predictions

On Friday, the Toronto Blue Jays play the second game of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies. Toronto dropped to 26-22 following its 13-2 loss to the New York Yankees. Toronto has been outscored in the last two games against the Yankees 33-8. The Blue Jays have dropped to third place in the American League East 4 ½ games behind the first place Tampa Bay Rays.

Left fielder Teoscar Hernandez is batting .308 to lead Toronto and has a team-high 14 home runs. Center fielder Randall Grichuk is the leader in RBIs with 27, while Lourdes Gurriel Jr is the leader in hits with 48 and Cavan Biggio is the leader in on-base percentage at .363. Toronto has not yet announced its starting pitcher for the second game of their doubleheader on Friday against Philadelphia.

Philadelphia dropped to 24-24 following its 5-4 loss to the New York Mets on Friday. The Phillies are in third place in the National League East four games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves, but have lost four of the last five and must return to form or risk falling out of the playoff picture over the final 10 days of the regular season.

Shortstop Didi Gregorius is batting .280 to lead Philadelphia and has team highs in RBIs with 31 and hits with 47. Catcher JT Realmuto is leading Philadelphia in home runs with 11, while right fielder Bryce Harper has a team-high .394 on-base percentage. Philadelphia has not yet announced its starting pitcher for the second game of Friday's doubleheader with Toronto.