With the Blue Jays up 1-0, Francis retired Kyle Schwarber and Alec Bohm before walking Nick Castellanos and Max Kepler. Then, the 29-year-old hit J.T. Realmuto with a pitch, walked Bryson Stott to bring in a run, and hit Otto Kemp to bring in another run. Toronto manager John Schneider had seen enough after that.

That and starting pitcher Cristopher Sanchez worked well enough to give the Phillies their fourth win in five starts. It also was part of Kepler’s larger plan for the sellout crowd 43,711 in South Philadelphia trying to make it home through other politically well-intentioned crowds in “No Kings” demonstrations.

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