Pinch-hitter Santiago Espinal drove in the go-ahead seventh inning. toronto blue jays defeated the host seattle mariners 4-3 Sunday afternoon to save the three-game series finale
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Brandon Belt both hit home goals for the second day in a row blue Jayswho extended their lead over Seattle to 4 1/2 games in the race for the American League’s third and final wild-card playoff berth.
mike ford went deep for it marinersWhose three-game winning streak was snapped and finished 5–5 on their 10-game homestand.
Reliever Tim Meza (2-1) earned the win, and Jordan Romano pitched a perfect ninth for his 27th save. Romano hit leadoff batter Dylan Moore with a pitch and walked Kolten Wong. JP Crawford’s sacrifice bunt advanced both runners before Romano struck out Julio Rodríguez and induced Eugenio Suárez’s fly out to left.
With the score tied 3–3 entering the seventh, Whit Merrifield hit a walk to take the lead mariners Starter Brian Wu (1-3). Dalton Worshow welcomed reliever Tyler Saucedo with a sacrifice bunt. Pinch-hitter Alejandro Kirk walked before Espinal hit a run-scoring single in left field.
Wu, a rookie right-hander, pitched over six innings and allowed four runs on four hits. He walked one and struck out seven.
mariners opened the scoring in the second. Cal Raleigh collected a leadoff single to right field and later, Ford hit a fastball to “Hit It Here Cafe” on the second deck in right field.
Woo retired the first nine batters he faced before hitting George Springer with a leadoff pitch in the fourth. Woo struck out the next two hitters before Guerrero hit a two-run shot over the wall in right to tie the score.
With one out in the sixth, Belt went deep to right-center to deliver blue Jays 3-2 lead, ball clipped the heel of leaping outfielder Teoscar Hernandez’s glove and went over the fence
blue Jays Starter Alec Manoh allowed three runs on three hits in 5 1/3 innings. The right-handed batsman walked four times and scored six runs.
–Field Level Media