Toronto 10, Seattle 2
When: 1:07 PM ET, Sunday, May 5, 2013
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
64°
Umpires:
Home -
Lance Barksdale, 1B -
Cory Blaser, 2B -
Jim Joyce, 3B -
Ed Hickox
Attendance:
22937
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Blue Jays 10, Mariners 2: Mark DeRosa and Melky Cabrera homered in a four-run fifth inning as Toronto averted a sweep at the hands of visiting Seattle.
Cabrera and Maicer Izturis both finished 3-for-4 and DeRosa added three hits for the Blue Jays, who won for just the second time in the past 10 games. Starter Brandon Morrow (1-2) threw eight strong innings, limiting his former team to two runs on three hits while striking out eight and walking a season-high five.
Mariners counterpart Joe Saunders (2-4) was torched for seven runs on nine hits over five innings. The veteran left-hander has a 9.13 ERA over his last four starts.
Toronto came into the game having scored just three runs in its previous four games, but had little trouble against Saunders. Leading 3-2, Cabrera extended the advantage with a solo shot to left - his first of the season - and DeRosa made it a rout with a three-run blast to straightaway center field.
An Edwin Encarnacion RBI groundout made it 8-2 in the sixth, and Munenori Kawasaki and Cabrera capped the rout with run-scoring singles in the seventh.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Seattle took advantage of four Morrow walks to score its only two runs in the fifth, as Robert Andino had an RBI groundout and Kyle Seager added a run-scoring sacrifice fly. ... The Blue Jays improved to 8-0 when scoring at least five runs. ... Toronto, which finished 2-4 on its six-game homestand, opens a seven-game road trip Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Mariners continue their five-game trek Tuesday in Pittsburgh.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Seattle |
|
Toronto |
|
Joe Saunders |
Player |
Brandon Morrow
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.0 |
IP |
8.0 |
|
0 |
Strikeouts |
8 |
|
9 |
Hits |
3 |
|
12.60 |
ERA |
2.25 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Seattle
|
3 |
0 |
5 |
.103 |
10 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Toronto
|
15 |
2 |
24 |
.417 |
23 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
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