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MLB: Toronto 5, Seattle 4

Mon, 09/28/2009 - 09:43 by shalini.bahadur

Toronto, Sept. 27: Rod Barajas hit an eighth-inning RBI double Sunday, rallying Toronto to a 5-4 victory against Seattle.
Toronto overcame a 3-0 fifth-inning deficit.

Barajas also hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh, giving him two RBI.
Jose Bautista had two hits and one RBI, while Kevin Millar and Adam Lind had one RBI each for the Blue Jays, who won the final three contests in the four-game series.

The winner was Brian Wolfe (2-2).

Shawn Camp earned his first save.

Seattle scored its runs on solo homers from Kenji Johjima, Matt Tuiasosopo, Franklin Gutierrez and Mike Sweeney.

Johjima had two of the seven hits for the Mariners, who have lost four of five.

The losing pitcher was starter Ryan Rowland-Smith (4-4).

MLB: Seattle 5, Toronto 4

Fri, 09/25/2009 - 11:51 by shalini.bahadur

Toronto, Sept. 24: Josh Wilson put Seattle in front with a two-run triple in the eighth Thursday and Felix Hernandez struck out 11, helping the Mariners edge Toronto 5-4.

Hernandez (17-5) added to his standing in the battle for the American League Cy Young Award by winning for the fifth time in six starts.

He gave up all four Toronto runs, three of them on a sixth-inning homer by Vernon Wells, but picked up the victory when Wilson came through with his clutch hit in the eighth.

David Aardsma walked the lead-off man in the ninth, then retired the next three batters for his 36th save.