The Blue Jays' offence came back to life during the second game of a seven-inning doubleheader against the Phillies on Friday night. Unfortunately, Toronto lost the game, 8-7, at Citizens Bank Park. The Blue Jays have lost five straight, dropping their record to 26-25. Their magic number to advance to the postseason is ticked down to six, because Seattle lost on Friday as well.

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Don’t expect Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo to panic, however. He is confident that left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu will end the losing streak on Saturday.

“We have one of the best pitchers going," Montoyo said, "so that’s a good thing.”

The manager hinted that he plans to talk to his players before Saturday’s game and give them a pep talk.

“We have gone through a lot this year,” Montoyo said. “It’s going to be a positive message. One of the main reasons we are here is because the pitching has been great. Now, the last five games we have allowed [a lot of runs]. But we have to regroup. The pitching is better than that, so you know it’s going to get better.”

After being shut out in the first leg of the twin bill, the Blue Jays collected 10 hits and were 3-for-9 with runners in scoring position in Game 2. Even more encouraging is that Teoscar Hernández had his best game since coming off the injured list. He went 3-for-4, including his 15th home run of the season.

Hernández also played a role in helping Toronto break the 5-5 tie in the top of the fifth inning. His single off right-hander Heath Hembree put runners on first and third with no outs. Randal Grichuk followed with a sacrifice fly to score Lourdes Gurriel Jr. With two outs and the bases loaded in the frame, Philly reliever Connor Brogdon walked Danny Jansen to bring Hernández home and give the Blue Jays a 7-5 lead.

However, reliever Rafael Dolis couldn’t close the win. He entered the game with one out in the sixth inning and runners on first and second. Dolis threw a wild pitch to advance the runners before Bryce Harper tied things up at 7 with a two-run double. Montoyo never thought about walking Harper to load the bases and instead pitching to Alec Bohm, who is hitting .326 as a rookie after Friday's action.

“The guy on deck has been their best hitter over the last three weeks,” Montoyo said.

Harper would then score the go-ahead run on a weird play, when Bohm hit a ball toward second base. The ball went past first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. -- who was hit in the face guard by a pitch earlier but stayed in the game -- and reached second baseman Joe Panik. But there was no one covering first base, and Panik threw the ball past Dolis, allowing Harper to score. Dolis, who went in awkwardly while covering first, ended up leaving the game with right knee discomfort. He is considered day to day.

Montoyo said that Guerrero should have never gone after the ball. According to the skipper, Guerrero has had similar problems on those types of plays.

“For some reason, he is having trouble with that play. He has done it before. He has to know where the second baseman is playing and he went for the ball,” Montoyo said. “That was a mistake.”