TORONTO — It wasn’t the scoreless start many have come to expect over the past several weeks, but Phillies starter Cristopher Sánchez turned in another impressive outing on Monday night at Rogers Centre.
After surrendering his first earned run over the previous 50 2/3 innings against San Diego last Wednesday, Sánchez allowed two earned runs over seven innings in the series-opening 5-2 win against the Blue Jays.
Leading 5-0, Sánchez allowed the first run in the bottom of the third on a double off the bat of Myles Straw, followed by a pair of groundouts by Tyler Heineman and Yohendrick Piñango.
Ernie Clement then took an 0-1 fastball over the wall in left for a solo home run in the fifth to plate the second run.
It appeared as though the Blue Jays were on the verge of scoring for a third time after Piñango began the sixth with a double and ended up on third when right fielder…
