Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Toronto 5, Seattle 1
When: 10:10 PM ET, Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Brian Runge, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Tim McClelland
Attendance: 26579

Brandon Morrow struck out a season-high 12 and the Toronto Blue Jays swatted three more homers en route to a 5-1 victory over the host Seattle Mariners on Wednesday.

Morrow (9-7) gave up one run, three hits and walked two in six innings while beating his former team.

Adam Lind hit a three-run homer, and Edwin Encarnacion and Colby Rasmus hit solo homers for the Blue Jays, who hit eight homers in the series.

Franklin Gutierrez had a run-scoring double in the sixth for the Mariners.

Seattle’s Mike Carp went 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 17 games and reach base for the 26th consecutive contest.

Lind’s 22nd homer gave Toronto a 4-0 lead in the third.

Jesse Litsch, Casey Janssen and Frank Francisco combined for three innings of hitless relief for the Blue Jays.

Mariners starter Blake Beavan (3-4) gave up five runs and six hits in five innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Toronto   Seattle
Brandon Morrow Player Blake Beavan
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.0
12 Strikeouts 3
3 Hits 6
1.50 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Toronto   Seattle
Edwin Encarnacion Player Mike Carp
1 Hits 1
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
4 TB 1
.333 Avg .250
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Toronto 6 3 15 .188 8 4 5 3 1 2
Seattle 3 0 4 .100 11 13 1 3 0 1