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The Toronto Blue Jays completed a sweep of rivals Seattle Mariners this weekend capping off a successful 5-2 road trip where the jays reached back to the .500 mark and they also stopped the 9 series wins in a row Seattle had. In the series opener the Jays took the game 6-3, setting the tone for the weekend. Saturdays game mirrored Fridays, as the Jays also won 6-3 again with the highlight in that game being Bo Bichette’s 2 run homer in the 5th inning.
The series ended last night as the Jays continued there domination in Seattle with a 9-1 victory in T-Mobile park. George Springer lead the way on Sunday with a 3 run home run moon shot. Down below the Springer Dinger and some stats on Springers action packed year. https://x.com/Hall_Thomas_/status/1921681528154685764 Addison Barger also picked up his first homer of the season. Eric Lauer picked up the win in this contest delivering 4 2/3 innings of scoreless ball allowing 1 hit and striking out 5. The Blue Jays had 15 hits this game with a whole lotta team contributing from the top of the order to the bottom. Nathan Lukes had a huge game going 3 for 3 and driving in 1 run. Myles Straw also drove in one and former Mariner Jonatan Clase drove in 2 runs. The bottom of the order made up of 5 of the 9 runs and for a Jays team with very inconsistent bats this year if the bottom of the order can get going that is huge.
Seattles only run came in the third inning from a solo homer coming from Dylan Moore. Mariners starter Bryce Miller struggled in his outing, allowing seven runs on eight hits through 5 innings of work. Miller also had a rough start his time out before that against the athletics in that game giving up 4 runs in 4 innings pitched.
This sweep marks a huge turnaround for the Jays who had previously lost there mini series in Anaheim after losing the first two, ending the series on a winning effort coming into Seattle .The teams so far these last few games balanced offence and unbelievable pitching and defence were huge factors in sweeping the Mariners. I know it’s a little early ( its never too early)
but the Jays find themselves one game out of a a wildcard spot. The Jays look to carry this momentum into there up coming home series against division rivals Tampa Bay Rays as they keep climbing the American league latter.