Jays drop slugfest to Phillies
03/04/2006Blue Jays at the plate: Catcher Bengie Molina pulled a two-run double down the left-field line that scored Shea Hillenbrand and Eric Hinske in the third inning. Outfielder John-Ford Griffin sent a pitch over the palm trees in left-center field for a solo home run in the second, his first long ball of the spring. Luis Figueroa added an RBI double in the sixth.
Phillies at the plate: Shane Victorino and Chris Roberson hit back-to-back home runs off Toronto's Ricky Romero in the seventh inning. Abraham Nunez hit a two-run homer in the third inning. First baseman Ryan Howard hit a double off Blue Jays starter Josh Towers in the second inning and later scored on an RBI groundout by Sal Fasano. Fasano added an RBI double in the fourth.
Blue Jays on the mound: Romero allowed four runs on four hits in one inning to pick up the loss. Towers gave up one run on one hit and struck out two in his first appearance of the spring. Reliever Shaun Marcum allowed two runs on two hits in one inning.
Phillies on the mound: Starter Ricardo Rodriguez allowed one run on three hits, walked one and struck out one in two innings. Daniel Haigwood allowed three runs on four hits, walked one and hit another batter in one inning.
Grapefruit League records: Blue Jays 1-3; Phillies 3-0.
Source: http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/
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