Philadelphia’s maligned bullpen tossed three scoreless innings, with Tommy Hunter following Blake Parker and David Phelps by pitching a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save in his third chance.

Velasquez had his best outing of the season and one of his best in the last two years. Entering Saturday, he had gone six or more innings in just two of his last 28 starts.

“He got locked in and was brilliant,” Phillies manager Joe Girardi said.

Velasquez got off to a shaky start, walking the first batter on five pitches, and had the grounds crew come out after the second batter to repair the mound. He was sharp from that point and saved his best for last, a nine-pitch 1-2-3 sixth with two strikeouts.

Shaw did the only damage against Velasquez, giving Toronto a 1-0 lead with a one-out drive to deep right in the fifth.

“Early on he was having a little bit of trouble throwing strikes, but he kind of settled in,” Shaw said of Velasquez. “He kind of got in the groove there in the middle innings, and guys were just missing some pitches. Third, fourth inning, he started throwing more strikes and he was able to keep guys off balance, heaters up in the zone, guys just missing it.”

The Phillies went ahead with two runs in the bottom of the frame.

First, they used small ball to tie it. Jay Bruce led off with a double and went to third on Scott Kingery’s sacrifice bunt. With the infield drawn in, Bruce scored on Knapp’s single over shortstop that might have been caught had the infield been at regular depth.