Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays Match Player Stats On May 13, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 13, 2017

TORONTO -- Jose Bautista hit a tie-breaking three-run homer in the seventh inning on Saturday and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners 7-2 for their fourth win in a row.

Kendrys Morales also homered for the Blue Jays (16-21), who have won the first three games of the four-game series with the Mariners (17-20), who have lost three in a row.

Bautista's fifth home run of the season came on a 1-and-1 pitch from Nick Vincent (1-1) and followed one-out singles by Kevin Pillar and Ezequiel Carrera to give Toronto a 5-2 lead.

Dominic Leone (1-0) pitched one-third of an inning and got the win.

Toronto starter Marcus Stroman allowed eight hits, two walks and two runs in six innings. The right-hander struck out nine.

Ryan Weber, who was called up by the Mariners from Triple-A Tacoma for the start on Saturday, left the game during the at-bat against Toronto shortstop Ryan Goins with two out in the fourth.

The Mariners said Weber had tightness in his right shoulder. He was replaced by left-hander Dillon Overton. Weber allowed three hits and a run in 3 2/3 innings.

Carrera hit an RBI single in the third to give Toronto 1-0 lead. It scored Pillar, who singled with two out and stole second.

The Mariners tied the game in the fifth on a double by Ben Gamel to center field. It scored Jarrod Dyson, who led off with an infield single and stole second.

After Tuffy Gosewisch walked, Dyson took third when Jean Segura bounced back to Stroman to start a double play and scored when Gamel doubled over the head of Pillar in center field.

The Mariners took a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning on singles by Danny Valencia, Guillermo Heredia and Dyson.

Tony Zych replaced Overton in the bottom of the sixth and allowed the seventh homer of the season by Morales with one out to tie the game, 2-2.

Jason Grilli entered the game in the seventh for Toronto and allowed two singles in one-third of an inning. He was replaced by Aaron Loup, who allowed the runners to move to second and third on a wild pitch before striking out Kyle Seager.

Dominic Leone replaced Loup and ended the inning on Valencia's grounder to third.

Joe Smith pitched around a single and walk in the eighth for Toronto, with an assist from a runner caught stealing.

Toronto scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth.

Ryan Goins led off the bottom of the eighth with a single against James Pazos. Devon Travis reached first base with one out on an error by second baseman Taylor Motter, who slipped while trying to throw for the force out at second base.

Goins stole third and Luke Maile was hit by a pitch to load the bases before Pillar hit a sacrifice fly to deep left. Travis scored on a double steal.

Leonel Campos allowed a double by Segura and a walk to Gamel to start the ninth and was replaced by Roberto Osuna, who got a double-play grounder from Nelson Cruz and a game-ending fly out from Seager.

NOTES: Seattle RHP Jean Machi was designated for assignment to make roster space for RHP Ryan Weber, whose contract was selected from Triple-A Tacoma to make the start Saturday. ... Mariners 2B Robinson Cano (strained right quadriceps) missed his third straight game Saturday and INF/OF Taylor Motter took his place at second base. ... Toronto DH Kendrys Morales (hamstring) returned to the lineup Saturday after missing three games and hit a home run. ... Seattle SS Jean Segura had an infield hit in the seventh inning Saturday to extend his hitting streak to 12 games. ... Toronto RHP Aaron Sanchez (0-1, 4.05 ERA) will return from the disabled list on Sunday to start the finale of the four-game series against the Mariners, who will start LHP Ariel Miranda (3-2, 5.20 ERA). Sanchez has been out because of a blister and then a split fingernail.