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Phillies Wire Vol. 1 · No. 130 · 2026-08-08
62-55
Season
PHI 62-55 ■ Blue Jays @ Phillies · Game 2 of 3 · 6:05 PM ■ Aaron Nola vs Max Scherzer ■ NBCSP · 94 WIP ■ 78° · Clear · gusts 12 mph ■ PHI 62-55 ■ Blue Jays @ Phillies · Game 2 of 3 · 6:05 PM ■ Aaron Nola vs Max Scherzer ■ NBCSP · 94 WIP ■ 78° · Clear · gusts 12 mph ■
Live Live update Updated Aug 8, 2026, 8:49 PM ET
Farm system notes hidden because the editorial baseline is stale.
Live

PHI 4, TOR 4

Top 8th · 2 outs

Brandon Valenzuela is up against Orion Kerkering. Series: TOR leads 1-0.

TOR Max Scherzer RHP
ERA
7.25
W-L
1-4
WHIP
1.53
VS
PHI Aaron Nola RHP
ERA
5.47
W-L
3-9
WHIP
1.45
Venue
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
Broadcast
NBCSP · MLB.TV · 94 WIP
Weather
78° · Clear
Tomorrow
Jesús Luzardo vs Shane Bieber · PHI vs TOR · Sun, Aug 9 · 1:35 PM
Brandon Valenzuela at the plate
Orion Kerkering on the mound
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia

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Issue sections

Starters Aaron Nola (RHP) vs Max Scherzer (RHP)
SEPTA Broad Street Line to NRG Station
Score Scoreboard updates load automatically
Live
Starting Pitchers
PHI Aaron Nola (RHP)
TOR Max Scherzer (RHP)
PHI Batting Order
1. Kyle Schwarber
1B · Bats L
2. Trea Turner
SS · Bats R
3. Bryce Harper
DH · Bats L
4. Luis Arraez
2B · Bats L
5. Bryson Stott
3B · Bats L
6. Brandon Marsh
LF · Bats L
7. Justin Crawford
CF · Bats L
8. Bryan De La Cruz
RF · Bats R
9. Garrett Stubbs
C · Bats L
TOR Batting Order
1. Nathan Lukes
RF · Bats L
2. Brett Bateman
CF · Bats L
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
1B · Bats R
4. Jesús Sánchez
DH · Bats L
5. Ernie Clement
2B · Bats R
6. Andrés Giménez
SS · Bats L
7. Brandon Valenzuela
C · Bats S
8. Josh Smith
3B · Bats L
9. Myles Straw
LF · Bats R

Official batting orders confirmed for today's TOR at PHI game.

Starting Rotation
Aug 8
Aaron Nola
vs TOR
5.47 ERA · 3-9
live
Aug 9
Jesús Luzardo
vs TOR
3.36 ERA · 10-5
live
Aug 10
TBD
vs STL
fallback
Aug 11
TBD
vs STL
fallback
Aug 12
TBD
vs STL
fallback
26-Man Roster Highlights
As of Aug 8, 2026, 8:49 PM ET
NL East standings
TeamWLPctGBStrk
ATL 70 47 .598 — L2
PHI 62 55 .530 8.0 L1
MIA 59 59 .500 11.5 W1
WSH 57 61 .483 13.5 W1
NYM 51 66 .436 19.0 W4
Adolis García · RF
Right latissimus dorsi tear.
As of Aug 8, 2026, 8:49 PM ET
60-day IL
Johan Rojas · CF
Right elbow UCL repair.
As of Aug 8, 2026, 8:49 PM ET
60-day IL
Lou Trivino III · RHP
Right thoracic muscle spasm.
As of Aug 8, 2026, 8:49 PM ET
15-day IL
Tanner Banks · LHP
Left forearm strain.
As of Aug 8, 2026, 8:49 PM ET
60-day IL
Brad Keller · RHP
Right elbow UCL tear.
As of Aug 8, 2026, 8:49 PM ET
60-day IL
Rafael Marchán · C
Left knee patellar tendinitis.
As of Aug 8, 2026, 8:49 PM ET
10-day IL

Injury status is rebuilt from the MLB transactions feed when the injuries endpoint is unavailable.