Toronto Blue Jays at Seattle Mariners

· Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays

19-20, 8-12 Away

Final
6 - 3

Seattle Mariners

22-16, 12-8 Home

Bichette and Barger propel Blue Jays to 6-3 comeback win over Mariners

Bo Bichette's two-run homer in the fifth began Toronto's comeback. Barger tied it at 3 with an RBI groundout in the sixth, and Alejandro Kirk finished with four hits.

Myles Straw provided insurance with a two-run single off Carlos Vargas (1-2) in the eighth.

Mason Fluharty (3-0) worked 1 1/3 perfect innings and Jeff Hoffman struck out all three batters in the ninth for his ninth save.

Barger also had two RBI — and three doubles — in Friday night's 6-3 victory by the Blue Jays, who have won three in a row following a four-game skid.

Rowdy Tellez hit a solo homer for the Mariners in the second. Randy Arozarena had an RBI double in the fourth, and Leody Taveras added a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.

Toronto starter Bowden Francis allowed three runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked one.

Logan Evans gave up three runs and five hits over five innings for Seattle.

Key moment With the score tied at 3 in the seventh, Seattle had runners at the corners when Fluharty entered and retired J.P. Crawford on a flyball to end the inning.

Key stat Crawford went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts, ending his hitting streak at a career-best 16 games. It had been the longest active streak in the majors.

Up next Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller (2-3, 4.15 ERA) starts Sunday against RHP José Ureña (0-0, 8.59) in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Taveras struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Tellez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Arozarena struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Fluharty
	9th Inning	Barger grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Kirk singled to center.

Statistics

TOR		SEA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	7
10	Strikeouts	10
6	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
37	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
163	Pitches	120
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	10
42	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
5.8	Runs Created	2.0
.270	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.378	Slugging Percentage	.313
.297	Secondary Average	.156
.357	On Base Percentage	.206
.736	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.518
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
5.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.0
41.0	Batter Rating	23.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.53
.108	Isolated Power	.125
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.119	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
12.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
87.5	MLB Rating	72.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0