TORONTO (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit a two-run home run in the 10th inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
Raleigh connected on the first pitch he saw from Blue Jays left-hander Tim Mayza (0-1). The homer was Raleigh’s second of the season.
Ty France hit an RBI double and Mitch Haniger added a two-run single in the five-run 10th as Seattle snapped a three-game losing streak and won for the second time in eight games.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his third home run of the season, a 459-foot solo blast, but the Blue Jays left the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth against Mariners right-hander Andrés Muñoz.
Justin Turner hit a one-out single and was replaced by pinch runner Davis Schneider. Cavan Biggio was hit by a pitch, Alejandro Kirk lined out, and pinch hitter Daniel Vogelbach walked to load the bases. Muñoz retired Ernie Clement to send the game to extra innings.
Muñoz (1-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the victory. Ryne Stanek finished for the Mariners.
The Blue Jays managed just a pair of singles through six innings against Mariners right-hander Logan Gilbert, but erased a 1-0 deficit in the seventh when Guerrero led off with a drive into the second deck.
Gilbert was replaced after George Springer walked with two outs in the eighth to put runners at first and second for Guerrero. Muñoz came on and got the Blue Jays slugger to fly out.
Gilbert allowed one run and five hits in a season-high 7 2/3 innings. He walked one and matched a season high by striking out eight.
Toronto’s Yusei Kikuchi allowed one run and three hits in six innings against his former team. The left-hander walked two and struck out a season-high nine.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays C Danny Jansen (fractured right wrist) was scheduled to start behind the plate in the first game of a rehab assignment at Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday night.
PARSONS TRADED
Before the game, Toronto traded RHP Wes Parsons to Cleveland for international signing bonus pool space. Parsons was designated for assignment last Friday.
UP NEXT
Mariners: RHP Bryce Miller (1-1, 3.00 ERA) starts Friday as Seattle returns home to begin a three-game series against the Cubs. LHP Jordan Wicks (0-1, 4.15) starts the opener for Chicago.
Blue Jays: RHP Kevin Gausman (0-1, 9.53 ERA) looks to bounce back after lasting 1 1/3 innings in last Saturday’s loss to the Yankees when he starts Friday against Colorado. RHP Ryan Feltner (0-1, 3.27) goes for the Rockies.
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Ian Harrison, The Associated Press
