Toronto 5, Seattle 1

Boxscore | Recap
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:10 PM
Location - Safeco Field
Temperature - 72°
Umpires - Home Plate - Brian Runge, First Base - Marvin Hudson, Second Base - Cory Blaser, Third Base - Tim McClelland,
Attendance - 26579

Final Scoring Summary

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X R H E
Toronto 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2
Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1

Team Records

Team W/L Home Away Streak
Toronto 63-60 31-29 32-31 W2
Seattle 53-69 30-31 23-38 L2

Recap


Brandon Morrow struck out a season-high 12 and the Toronto Blue Jays swatted three more homers en route to a 5-1 victory over the host Seattle Mariners on Wednesday.

Morrow (9-7) gave up one run, three hits and walked two in six innings while beating his former team.

Adam Lind hit a three-run homer, and Edwin Encarnacion and Colby Rasmus hit solo homers for the Blue Jays, who hit eight homers in the series.

Franklin Gutierrez had a run-scoring double in the sixth for the Mariners.

Seattle’s Mike Carp went 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 17 games and reach base for the 26th consecutive contest.

Lind’s 22nd homer gave Toronto a 4-0 lead in the third.

Jesse Litsch, Casey Janssen and Frank Francisco combined for three innings of hitless relief for the Blue Jays.

Mariners starter Blake Beavan (3-4) gave up five runs and six hits in five innings.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers
Toronto   Seattle
Brandon Morrow Player Blake Beavan
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.0
12 Strikeouts 3
3 Hits 6
1.50 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Toronto   Seattle
Edwin Encarnacion Player Mike Carp
1 Hits 1
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
4 TB 1
.333 Avg .250

Team Stats Summary

Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Toronto 6 3 15 .188 8 4 5 3 1 2
Seattle 3 0 4 .100 11 13 1 3 0 1

Upcoming Games

  • Seattle will play their next game on the road against Tampa Bay. The Mariners have a W/L % of .453 after a win and .420 after a loss.
  • Toronto will play their next game on the road against Oakland. The Blue Jays have a W/L % of .484 after a win and .541 after a loss.
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