Blue Jays 3-for-3 in weekend series against Mariners

SEATTLE (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays took home a perfect series of wins over the weekend against the Mariners, with the Jays starting off with a 6-3 win in the Mariners’ home stadium Friday night, with Addison Barger tapping three doubles in the first match of the three-game weekend series.  

Full coverage of Friday's game was published in the Columbia Basin Herald’s Monday edition.  

Saturday play 

Addison Barger hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 6-3 on Saturday night. 

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 RBIs — 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. 

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. 

Sunday capper 

George Springer smacked a three-run homer in the fifth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 9-1 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. 

Addison Barger added his first homer of the season, a solo shot in the seventh. The Blue Jays had no issues pushing runs across against Bryce Miller (2-4) and the suddenly reeling Mariners, who entered the series with the majors' best record since April 7. 

Toronto's onslaught started in the second inning with an RBI single from Myles Straw. Ernie Clement had a sacrifice fly in the fourth before Springer blew it open. 

Seattle struggled to do much of anything on the offensive side against opener Jose Urena and piggyback reliever Eric Lauer (1-0), with the duo combining to produce 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball. It was a forgetful first half of a six-game homestand for the Mariners, who scored seven runs across the three games. 

The Blue Jays returned to .500 (20-20) with a 4-2 trip. They are 7-4 in their last 11 games.