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
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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
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 |
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