Jul 6, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; Toronto Blue Jays beginning pitcher Yariel Rodriguez (29) pitches to the Seattle Mariners throughout the first inning at T-Cellular Park. Obligatory Credit score: Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports activities Rookie Yariel Rodriguez pitched six scoreless innings to earn his first main league victory because the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the host Seattle Mariners 5-4 on Saturday afternoon.
Alejandro Kirk went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for the Blue Jays, who gained for simply the fifth time of their previous 18 video games.
Mitch Haniger and Luke Raley homered for the American League West-leading Mariners, who had a two-game successful streak snapped.
Rodriguez (1-3), a right-hander out of Cuba making his seventh profession begin, allowed one hit, walked two and struck out six.
Chad Inexperienced pitched the ultimate 1 1/3 innings for his fourth save.
Rodriguez retired the primary 10 batters he confronted earlier than permitting back-to-back walks to Josh Rojas and Cal Raleigh with one out within the fourth. He acquired out of the jam, although, as left fielder Daulton Varsho made a diving catch on a sinking liner by Ty France to start out an inning-ending double play.
The one hit Rodriguez allowed was a leadoff single by Raley within the fifth, a flare to shallow left.
The Blue Jays opened the scoring within the fourth in opposition to Mariners right-hander Emerson Hancock (3-4), who was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma earlier Saturday.
With two outs, Varsho lined a single to middle area and scored when Kirk doubled to left.
Toronto tallied once more within the fifth after George Springer led off with an infield single and Spencer Horwitz was hit by a pitch. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. greeted reliever Collin Snider with a single to left, scoring Springer to make it 2-0.
The Blue Jays added a run within the seventh. Guerrero led off with a single to shallow proper, Bo Bichette lined a single to left and each runners superior one base on a wild pitch. With one out, the Mariners walked Varsho deliberately to load the bases for the slow-footed Kirk, however Kirk spoiled the technique with a sacrifice fly to proper.
The Blue Jays tacked on two extra runs within the eighth. Kevin Kiermaier led off with a ground-rule double to right-center, and walks to Springer and Davis Schneider loaded the bases. Guerrero hit a sacrifice fly to proper, and the ultimate run scored on an error by shortstop J.P. Crawford to make it 5-0.
Haniger hit a three-run homer to left-center off Trevor Richards within the eighth after singles by Mitch Garver and Dominic Canzone.
Raley hit a solo shot to proper with one out within the ninth.
Hancock was charged with two runs on six hits in four-plus innings, with one stroll and 4 strikeouts.
Mariners middle fielder Julio Rodriguez, who was set to bat clean-up, left the sport after the primary inning with out making a plate look due to soreness in his proper quadriceps.
Seattle supervisor Scott Servais mentioned after the sport that Julio Rodriguez felt tightness in his quad whereas doing drills earlier than the sport. Julio Rodriguez took the sphere within the high of the primary inning however was unable to proceed.
Servais mentioned that Julio Rodriguez would bear an MRI later Saturday and his standing could be up to date earlier than Sunday’s sequence finale.
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