Post-Game Notes

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TORONTO BLUE JAYS (51-52) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (49-57)

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
FINAL WP: Washburn (3-3, 2.64) 4 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 Time of Game: 2:54 3.28) H 5 6 7 LP: Rasner (1-2,R 8 9 E LOB 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 5 2 0 0 0 x 7 12 1 7 Temp: 70 / S 2mph Attendance: 21,434

Toronto Blue Jays Seattle Mariners

First Pitch: 7:10 pm

WP: Jason Vargas (12-7, 3.71) LP: Aaron Laffey (2-2, 4.20) SV: None HOME RUNS: Dustin Ackley PITCHING LINES: TORONTO Aaron Laffey (L) Brandon Lyon Steve Delabar Drew Carpenter SEATTLE Jason Vargas (W) Shawn Kelley Josh Kinney NO. 7 IP 4.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 IP 7.0 1.0 1.0 H 9 1 1 1 H 5 1 0 PITCHER Laffey R 5 0 0 0 R 2 0 0 ER 5 0 0 0 ER 2 0 0 INN. 1 BB-I 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 BB-I 1-0 0-0 0-0 SO 0 3 1 1 SO 4 1 3 MOB 0 HR 1 0 0 0 HR 0 0 0 OUT 0 WP 0 0 1 0 WP 0 1 0 HB 1 0 0 0 HB 0 0 0 COUNT 0-0 BK 0 0 0 0 BK 0 0 0 DISTANCE 362FT/RC PITCHES/STRIKES 75/44 26/15 17/11 23/15 PITCHES/STRIKES 106/72 21/12 12/10

TORONTO NOTES: Aaron Laffey allowed a season-high 5 runs on 9 hits in 4.2 innings, recording his 2nd loss of the season. o Laffey is 1-2 with a 4.69 ERA (21 ER, 40.1 IP) in 7 starts against Seattle (48H, 6HR, 13BB, 20K). Moises Sierra went 1-for-3 with 1 run scored in his Major League debut after being recalled from AAA Las Vegas today. o Recorded a single in his first ML at-bat in the 2nd inninglast Blue Jay to collect a hit in first ML at bat was Brett Lawrie on Aug 5, 2011 @ BAL with an RBI single. Yunel Escobar extended his season high hitting streak to 9 games, batting .355 (11x31) with 5 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 home run, 1 RBI, 3 walks and 1 stolen base. Rajai Davis currently has a 5-game hit streak, batting .286 (6x21) with 4 runs scored, 1 double, 1 home run, 1 RBI and 3 stolen bases. Steve Delabar tossed a scoreless 7th inning, striking out 1, in his debut with the Blue Jays against his former team. 26th time this season Toronto has been held to 2 or less runs. MARINERS NOTES: The Mariners won their season-high 6th straight gamelast 6-game winning streak was May 18-23, 2011. o With tonights win, the Mariners end July 15-11, the first winning month since May 2011 (15-11). o Mariners are 13-6 since the ASG, 2nd best record in the AL (best: OAK, 13-4)have won 12 of last 16 games including 7 of the past 8. Jason Vargas allowed 2 runs on 5 hits in 7.0 innings, recording his 15th quality start of the season. o Is 5-0, 1.64 (8 ER, 44.0IP) in 6 GS in July this season. o Has recorded 7 consecutive quality starts, the longest by a Mariners starter this season (Hernandez, 5). o His current 5-game win streak sets a new career high (previous 4, 2x, last 9/8/11-4/6/12). Jesus Montero went 1-for-4 and is batting .372 (42x113) vs. LHP. o batting .344 (21x61) with 8 runs, 4 doubles, 2 home runs, 12 RBI, 8 walks in 16 games since the ASG. Kyle Seager is batting .350 (14x40) with 6 runs scored, 1 double, 7 RBI, 5 walks and 2 stolen bases in 12 games at Safeco Field since All-Star break, including a current 5-game hitting streak (.500/9x18, 4 R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB, SB). The Mariners have won 6 straight games against left-handed starters and 8 of the last 9overall are 18-20 against left-handed starters after starting the season 10-19. Trayvon Robinson went 2-for-3, since being recalled on 7/28batting .400 (4x10) with 3 runs, 2 doubles and 3 RBI. Brendan Ryan went 3-for-4marks his 19th 3+ hit game in his career and first since 8/01/2011 vs. OAK. Mariners have scored in the first (11x, 23 runs), or 2nd inning (9x,17 runs) in 14 of last 16 gamesSeattle is 22-13 when scoring in the first inning. Miguel Olivo, Trayvon Robinson and Brendan Ryan (Mariners 7-9 batters) combined to go 7-for-11 with 3 runs scored, 2 doubles and 4 of the 7 RBI. Dustin Ackley hit his 7th home run of the season and his 2nd career leadoff home run of the season (last: May 11 @ NYY). NEXT GAME Seattle Mariners vs. Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, August 1, at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports) RH Blake Beavan (6-6, 5.20) vs. RH Carlos Villanueva (6-0, 2.92)

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TORONTO MANAGER JOHN FARRELL

Onlosingthegame: They(Mariners)didagoodjobstringingsomehitstogether.Whethertheywerelinedrivesorballsthroughthehole, theywereabletobunchsomehitstogetherandonceagainwefindourselvesdownearlyinthegameanditeliminates someoftheaggressivenesswemightotherwiselooktouseandrightnowweregettingahighnumberofstrikeouts. Theyreallycameoutwithagameplantojumponafirstpitchfastball,firstpitchofthegame.Theywentandattacked him,putsomegoodswingsonsomepitches,theyfoundsomeholesandtheystrungsomehitstogether. OnSierrasMajorLeagueDebut: Sierrastayedinsidetheballwell,hisfirstbasehit,heldhisownonachangeupforabasehit.Wasalittleaggressiveon thebaserunning;ranthroughastopsignbutintheenditwasnotabadmovetomakeseeingthatrunsareapremium rightnow.