Encarnacion continues to rake at Chase Field

PHOENIX — Count Edwin Encarnacion among those who wishes the Blue Jays played at Chase Field more than once every few years.

Encarnacion has put up some eye-popping numbers at the D-backs’ home ballpark, and he was back at it again Tuesday night. The veteran slugger hit a three-run shot to help lead the Blue Jays to a 5-1 victory in the series opener.

The deep shot to left was Encarnacion’s ninth home run in 16 career games at Chase Field. Eight of those nine have come in the seven games he played here while wearing a Blue Jays uniform. He can’t explain it, but the numbers don’t lie.

“I see the ball really well here and I feel confident in this ballpark, so it works out,” Encarnacion said through an interpreter after the game. “Maybe it’s the hitter’s eye, it’s really big, the green wall. Maybe it’s that, I don’t know.”

Encarnacion is hitting .480 (12-for-25) with 15 RBIs in his last seven games at Chase Field since joining the Blue Jays in 2009. The most productive series came back …

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