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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Toronto 7, Seattle 0
When: 4:07 PM ET, Saturday, April 28, 2012
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Manny Gonzalez, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 30765

Blue Jays 7, Mariners 0:
Brandon Morrow pitched six shutout innings and Edwin Encarnacion knocked in five runs, including a grand slam in the eighth inning, as Toronto defeated visiting Seattle to snap a four-game losing streak.

Morrow (2-1) struck out a season-high nine, scattering five hits against the Mariners, who saw their four-game win streak end.

Encarnacion also had a sacrifice fly in a three-run third inning and has a team-leading 19 RBIs. Adam Lind, who was 4-for-27 with no RBIs the last eight games, also doubled home a run in the third.

Seattle had two runners on with one out in the fifth, but Morrow struck out Brendan Ryan and got Chone Figgins on a ground out to end the inning. Morrow also struck out Jesus Montero with two on and two out in the sixth.

Mariners starter Kevin Milwood (0-2) allowed seven hits and three runs over seven innings. Millwood dropped to 2-8 lifetime against the Jays.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
Toronto slugger Jose Bautista earned his 10th RBI on a fielder’s choice grounder that was booted, but is hitting .187. … Seattle’s Michael Saunders had four extra-base hits the first 17 games and has five the last five, including a double on Saturday. …Toronto has beaten Seattle nine of the last 11 games at home.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle   Toronto
Kevin Millwood Player Brandon Morrow
Loss W/L Win
7.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 9
7 Hits 5
1.29 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Seattle   Toronto
Kyle Seager Player Edwin Encarnacion
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 5
0 HR 1
3 TB 6
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Seattle 6 0 8 .176 17 13 0 1 0 1
Toronto 10 1 16 .323 10 6 7 3 0 1