Cole Hamels gets smoked by his old enemy, the long ball, as the Phils lose to the Blue Jays, 5-1.

Cole Hamels gets touched for three home runs, his main enemy, as the Blue Jays defeat the Phils, 5-1.

The Blue Jays took the lead in the second as, with one man on, and with one man out, John Buck hits a two-run home run, knocking in Lyle Overbay, who had earlier singled, giving the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead. The Blue Jays made it 3-0 in the third as, with two men out, Aaron Hill hits a solo home run, his eleventh home run of the season. In the the fourth, the Blue Jays increased their lead as, with one man on, and with one out, Alex Gonzalez hits a two-run home run, his fourteenth home run of the year, knocking in Fred Lewis, who had earlier hit an infield single and had gone to second on Chase Utley’s throwing error, giving the Blue Jays a 5-0 lead. The Phils got a run back in the sixth as, with one man out, Ryan Howard hits a solo home run, his fifteenth home run of the year, making it a 5-1 Blue Jays’ lead. That would be the final score as the Blue Jays’ starter, Shaun Marcum, and their relief pitchers, Scott Downs and Shawn Camp, kept the Phils’ off-balance all day, allowing only five hits and a walk between them.

Cole Hamel took the lost as he pitches only four innings, giving up five runs on seven hits and three walks, while striking out only three. His record is now 6-6 with an ERA of 4.08. Nelson Figueroa, Danys Baez and Mike Zagurski combine for four shut out innings, giving up just one hit (Baez) and two walks (Figueroa (1), Zagurski (1)), while striking out four (Figueroa (3), Baez (1)). Shaum Marcum got the win as he pitches six strong innings, giving up just one run on five hits and a walk. His record is now 7-3 with a 3.14 ERA. Scott Downs and Shawn Camp combine for three scorless innings, striking out one between them (Downs).

The Phils had only five hits, with Chase Utley leading the team with two hits, both singles. Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard and Ross Gload had the other three Phils’ hits, with Rollins’ hits being a single, Gload’s hit being a double, and Howard hit’s being a solo home run, knocking in the Phils’ only run. Marcum just had the Phils off-balanced all afternoon fooling them with his off-speed stuff.

The Phils (39-33, 3rd NL East) will conclude their weekend series and interleague play with the Blue Jays (40-35, 4th AL East) with an afternoon game, already in progress. The Phils have just taken a 4-0 lead in the game, as they hope to end interleague play with a 10-8 record, instead of being even at 9-9.

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