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Barney drives in 5, Phillies fall to Blue Jays in spring opener

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Published01 Mar 2016

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J.P. Arencibia rounds third after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of @VSPC via Twitter 

The first game of spring training is all about first impressions. For a few Phillies, it was certainly a good first impression — see J.P. Arencibia and David Hernandez.

Of course, the other side is looking for good impressions too, and Darwin Barney certainly made his mark on the first game of spring.

Barney drove in all five Toronto runs in the Blue Jays 5-3 win over the Phillies on Tuesday afternoon at Bright House Field.


  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Blue Jays 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 2
Phillies 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0

WP: Marcus Stroman (1-0) LP: Gregory Infante (0-1)Barney drives in 5, Phillies fall to Blue Jays in spring opener SV: Wade LeBlanc (1)

The Blue Jays struck for two early runs in the first as Darwin Barney came through with a two-out double with the bases loaded off Severino Gonzalez, scoring two.

The Phillies answered with an two-run single by Carlos Ruiz to tie the game in the second.

Toronto went ahead again in the third on another two-run double by Barney, this one off of Gregory Infante.

The first extra-base hit for the Phillies would come in the fourth, as J.P. Arencibia belted a solo home run to center off of Drew Hutchison, cutting Toronto's lead to one.

Barney drove in his fifth run of the game with an RBI single in the fifth.

The Phillies got scoreless outings from David Hernandez, Bobby LaFromboise, Hector Neris, Luis Garcia and Dailer Hinojosa.

The Phillies did not manage a hit after the fifth inning.

Starting Pitchers

  IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Marcus Stroman 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 9.00
Severino Gonzalez 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 9.00

  • Stroman: ND; 4 groundouts, 1 flyout; 9 batters faced
  • Gonzalez: ND; 2 groundouts, 2 flyouts; 10 batters faced

Out of the 'Pen

Phillies

  • Gregory Infante (3rd): 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 18.00 ERA
  • David Hernandez (4th): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
  • Edubray Ramos (5th): 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 9.00 ERA
  • Bobby LaFromboise (6th): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
  • Hector Neris (7th): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
  • Luis Garcia (8th): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
  • Dailer Hinojosa (9th): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA

Blue Jays

  • Drew Hutchison (3rd-4th): 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 4.50 ERA
  • Steve Delabar (5th): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
  • Ryan Tepera (6th): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0.00 ERA
  • Chad Jenkins (7th): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 0.00 ERA
  • Scott Copeland (8th): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0.00 ERA
  • Wade LeBlanc (9th): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA

At the Plate

Phillies

  • J.P. Arencibia: 2-3, 2 R, HR, RBI
  • Carlos Ruiz: 1-2, 2 RBI
  • Cesar Hernandez: 1-2, R

Blue Jays

  • Darwin Barney: 3-3, 2 2B, 5 RBI
  • Matt Dominguez: 1-2, R, SO
  • Justin Smoak: 1-2, 2B, BB

What's Next:

  • Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 p.m.
  • RHP David Buchanan vs. LHP R.A. Dickey
  • TV: N/A; Radio: MLB.com

Kevin Durso is editorial assistant for Philliedelphia. Follow him on Twitter @Kevin_Durso.