By Tim Wharnsby
The Canadian Press
Posted April 18, 2025 9:42 pm
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TORONTO – Proper-hander Bowden Francis allowed a run in six innings, whereas George Springer belted two hits and scored twice to raise the Toronto Blue Jays to a 3-1 win over the Seattle Mariners in Friday’s opener of a three-game sequence in opposition to the Seattle Mariners.
Francis (2-2) struck out 5 and yielded 5 hits and a stroll in his 77-pitch outing earlier than 40,263 at Rogers Centre.
The Blue Jays (12-8) received their third recreation in a row and halted the Mariners (10-10) win streak at two.
Springer led off the second and fourth innings with a single and a double, respectively. He first scored on an Alan Roden sacrifice fly and touched residence once more after Alejandro Kirk’s single to centre subject.
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Anthony Santander’s sacrifice fly scored Bo Bichette within the first to push Toronto to a 1-0 benefit.
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Seattle starter Bryan Woo (2-1) lasted seven innings. He surrendered three runs on seven hits with 4 strikeouts and two walks.
Relievers Mason Fluharty, Chad Inexperienced, Yimi Garcia and Jeff Hoffman held the Mariners and not using a hit within the closing three innings. Hoffman notched his fifth save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
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Mariners: Former Blue Jays first baseman Rowdy Tellez smashed a line-drive rocket to proper subject within the second inning for his second homer.
Blue Jays: Injured starter Max Scherzer (thumb) obtained a second cortisone shot, this time in a knuckle of his ailing thumb. He’ll cease throwing for 2 days and expects to rejoin Toronto in Houston subsequent week.
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The Mariners have been threatening within the fifth inning with runners on first and second with none out. However Blue Jays right-fielder Addison Barger threw out Tellez at third on a tag up for a double play. It was Barger’s second help of the sport.
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The Blue Jays are just one win forward of the 11-9 tempo after 20 video games a 12 months in the past.
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Jose Berrios (1-1) will begin the center recreation of the three-game set on Saturday. Seattle will counter with 6-foot-6 righty Logan Gilbert (1-1).
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed April 18, 2025.
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