Major League Baseball
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Seattle 6, Toronto 5
When: 10:10 PM ET, Monday, August 15, 2011
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Cory Blaser, 1B - Tim McClelland, 2B - Brian Runge, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 28530

Mike Carp and Casper Wells hit back-to-back homers in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.

Carp’s second homer of the game tied the contest against Trever Miller, and Wells followed with the game-winning shot off Jon Rauch (5-4) as Seattle won its third straight game.

Tom Wilhelmsen (1-0) picked up his first major league victory with a scoreless eighth and Brandon League retired Jose Bautista on an infield bouncer with a runner on first in the ninth for his 30th save.

Carp also homered in the third inning against Toronto starter Henderson Alvarez while extending his hitting streak to 15 games.

The Blue Jays rocked Seattle rookie Michael Pineda for three homers. Eric Thames and Adam Lind each hit two-run homers and rookie Brett Lawrie hit a solo homer.

Lawrie, a 21-year-old rookie, has three homers in 10 major league games. He grew up a couple hours away in British Columbia and had a large cheering section for his first game at Safeco Field.

Seattle scored three second-inning runs on Trayvon Robinson’s double, Jack Wilson’s single and Ichiro Suzuki’s sacrifice fly.

Pineda gave up five runs and six hits in five innings. Alvarez gave up four runs and six hits in five-plus innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Toronto   Seattle
Henderson Alvarez Player Michael Pineda
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 5.0
3 Strikeouts 6
6 Hits 6
7.20 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Toronto   Seattle
Adam Lind Player Trayvon Robinson
2 Hits 3
2 RBI 1
1 HR 0
5 TB 5
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Toronto 9 3 18 .257 12 7 5 4 1 0
Seattle 11 3 23 .344 9 5 6 1 0 0