 allowed two runs and four hits. Unbeaten since June 22 at Detroit, he is 5-0 with a 2.50 ERA in his past five outings and 10-2 in 12 starts since May 20.'' He's been our most consistent guy all year, there's no doubt,'' manager Scott Servais said. Wade LeBlanc pitched the final three innings for his first save. Former Mariners players Michael Saunders and Justin Smoak combined for three home runs against their old team, but it was nowhere near enough for the Blue Jays, who gave up a season-worst 14 runs. Saunders hit two solo homers, one off Iwakuma in the sixth and another off LeBlanc in the eighth. It was his eighth career multihomer game and third this season. Saunders, who also connected in Friday's 2-1 loss, matched his career high with 19. Smoak hit a two-run drive off LeBlanc in the eighth, his 11th. Cruz's first homer came after Dickey (7-11) hit consecutive batters to load the bases in the third. Dickey left after the first four batters reached safely in the fourth, his shortest start of the season. He gave up six earned runs, matching a season worst, and seven hits. Dickey has yielded 24 homers this season. Only Kansas City's Ian Kennedy and Chris Young (26) have allowed more.'' I felt like I executed a pretty good pitch to Cruz and he did a good job of staying with it,'' Dickey said. Seattle widened its lead with a five-run sixth, when the first five batters all got hits off reliever Jesse Chavez. Cruz batted with the bases loaded for a second time but grounded into a double play. Seager chased Chavez with a homer to center, his 19th. THE DECIDERIwakuma has received a decision in 17 of his 20 starts. WALK THIS WAYBlue Jays slugger Josh Donaldson walked twice. He leads the AL with 67 walks. COLABELLO'S SUSPENSION OVERBlue Jays 1B Chris Colabello has been reinstated from the restricted list after serving an 80-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs. Colabello was suspended April 22 after the commissioner's office said he tested positive for a drug sold under the name Turinabol. Colabello was designated off the 25-man Toronto roster Saturday, but was kept on the 40-man roster. He's expected to be assigned to Triple-A Buffalo. TRAINER'S ROOMMariners: Seattle placed SS Ketel Marte (mononucleosis) on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 20, and recalled LHP David Rollins from Triple-A Tacoma. UP NEXTMariners: LHP Wade Miley (6-7, 5.36) is 0-5 with a 5.60 ERA in his past five starts. Blue Jays: LHP J. A. Happ (12-4, 3.43) is 6-0 in seven starts since his most recent loss, June 6 at Detroit. Happ's next victory will be his career-high 13th.
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Time: 01:07 P.M. EST Venue: Rogers Centre
TORONTO --The Seattle Mariners won the opener of a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 Friday night behind the dominant pitching of James Paxton. The left-hander struck out nine in seven innings and held the Blue Jays to three hits, including a home run by Michael Saunders. Seattle sends out another hot pitcher Saturday afternoon in the second game of the series in Hisashi Iwakuma (10-6, 4.01 ERA), who is going for his fifth consecutive win. The right-hander pitched seven scoreless innings while surrendering two hits and a walk while striking out eight on July 16 against the Houston Astros. He is 4-0 with a 2.39 ERA in his past four starts and is 9-2 with a 3.75 ERA in his past 11 outings. This will be his fourth career start (fifth appearance) against Toronto. He is 3-1 with a 2.40 ERA against the Blue Jays. He is 1-0 with a 5.63 ERA in two games at Rogers Centre, including one start. Iwakuma faces right-hander R. A. Dickey (7-10, 4.11). The knuckleballer took the loss against the Oakland Athletics on July 16, allowing five runs on five hits in six innings as the Blue Jays fell 5-4. Overall, he is 5-4 with a 3.64 ERA in his past 10 starts after overcoming his usual slow start. In 13 career games (five starts) against Seattle, Dickey is 5-3 with a 4.22 ERA. Both teams have had to juggle their lineups lately. The Mariners' Shawn O'Malley and Luis Sardinas will be sharing shortstop while regular shortstop Ketel Marte recovers from mononucleosis." Does it affect us? Yes," Seattle manager Scott Servais admitted. "He's been our regular shortstop. But Sardinas is up here with O'Malley, and those two will mix and match. They'll share the duties. I don't want to put too much on one guy. I think O'Malley has done a nice job for us in the three games that he's filled in. Again, we're not looking for the spectacular. Make the routine play and battle at the plate." O'Malley got the start Friday night and was 1-for-4. Toronto catcher Josh Thole, usually is the personal receiver for Dickey, was pressed into service Friday night after regular catcher Russell Martin suffered a twisted left knee after becoming lightheaded in a sauna Thursday, an off day in the schedule. He said he is hoping to return Sunday but meanwhile, the Blue Jays are restricted with what they can do. With Martin out they cannot run or hit for Thole, to say nothing of what they might do in the case of an injury. An MRI of the knee on Friday revealed no structural damage. Martin said he went to the sauna without having eaten much. He stayed in a bit too long and felt woozy, so he took a cold shower. After a minute in the shower, he passed out." The next thing I know I'm on the ground," Martin said before the game Friday. "I had dropped the shower hose on my face and I'm on the ground ... I woke up and I had the shower curtain half on my body." He also banged his head. The small bump on his head is no problem but the knee is still sore." It's probably going to be sore, but I've played through soreness before," Martin said. "Knowing that there's no structural damage kind of puts my mind at ease. It's just going to be one of those years where I have to grind it out." If Martin needs more than a couple of days, the Blue Jays have little catching depth in their system and may have to look outside for help behind the plate. Toronto infielder Darwin Barney was in left field Friday for the second straight game, his first two career games in the outfield. Ezequiel Carrera, who has been resting a sore Achilles tendon, was used as a pinch-hitter Friday and could return Saturday.
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