Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays

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Seattle Mariners

64-73, 27-42 Away

Final
0 - 7

Toronto Blue Jays

68-70, 37-35 Home

Scherzer fans 10 for first win since March, Blue Jays blank Mariners 7-0 to complete sweep

Seattle Mariners vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

The Mariners have lost four straight.

Scherzer (2-7) struck out a season-high 10, moving him past Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry and into ninth place on the career strikeouts list.

A three-time Cy Young Award winner, Scherzer reached the mark by striking out Cal Raleigh for the second out of the seventh inning. It was the 3,535th strikeout of Scherzer’s career.

Scherzer walked one and allowed one hit in a season-high seven innings to earn his first win since his season-opening start on March 31 against Colorado. He threw 97 pitches, 67 strikes.

Spencer Miles worked the eighth and Braydon Fisher finished Toronto’s 10th shutout.

The 42-year-old Scherzer struck out the side in the first, getting Randy Arozarena, Dominic Canzone and Julio Rodríguez swinging.

Josh Naylor struck out looking in the second and went down swinging after Seattle's lone hit, Raleigh’s two-out double in the fourth.

Scherzer matched Perry by getting Cole Young swinging in the fifth.

Scherzer passed Hall of Famer Walter Johnson and moved into 10th place all-time by striking out former teammate Kyle Schwarber in a win at Philadelphia on Aug. 8.

Kirk hit a two-run homer off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (11-8) in the first inning.

Okamoto made it 4-0 with a one-out homer in the sixth, his 28th.

Gilbert allowed three runs and six hits in five innings, snapping a streak of three straight winning starts.

Up next Mariners: RHP George Kirby (9-10, 4.02 ERA) is expected to start at Boston on Monday against Red Sox LHP Payton Tolle (8-6, 3.09).

Blue Jays: RHP Spencer Arrighetti (7-7, 4.81 ERA) is scheduled to start at Cleveland on Tuesday against Guardians RHP Gavin Williams (12-7, 3.98).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rodríguez grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Canzone struck out looking. Seattle Mariners challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Arozarena struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Fisher relieved Miles
	8th Inning	Guerrero Jr. popped out to first.
	8th Inning	Bateman doubled to left, Okamoto scored, Straw to third.

Statistics

SEA		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
3	Ground Balls	12
15	Strikeouts	5
0	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
1	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
28	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
2	Total Bases	18
30	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
-1.4	Runs Created	7.1
.036	Batting Average	.313
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.071	Slugging Percentage	.563
.107	Secondary Average	.406
.100	On Base Percentage	.405
.171	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.968
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
-1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.0
3.0	Batter Rating	49.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.13	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.036	Isolated Power	.250
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.067	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
.071	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.094
0.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.1	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
52.0	MLB Rating	96.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0