Bichette, Chapman homer to lift Blue Jays over Mariners
Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman each had a solo home run as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Monday.
Bichette drove in another run with a single in the eighth inning for Toronto (19-17) and pinch-hitter Alejandro Kirk's single scored two.
Trevor Richards , Yimi Garcia, Ryan Borucki, Ross Stripling and Adam Cimber came on in relief. Richards and Stripling both allowed runs. Cimber earned a save in his 2/3 of an inning.
Eugenio Suarez had a homer in the seventh inning for Seattle (16-20) and Adam Frazier added an RBI single in the ninth.
Chris Flexen (1-6) allowed six hits for three runs but struck out seven over 5 1/3 innings. Penn Murfree, Wyatt Mills and Roenis Elias came out of the Mariners bullpen.
Bichette lofted a 2-2 pitch from Flexen over the left-field fence to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead in the first. It was his third home run of the season and a small section of fans near the homer's landing spot started chanting "M-V-P!" as Bichette rounded the bases.
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Chapman followed that up with a solo shot of his own in the next inning. With two out, he launched a 1-0 pitch to deep centre for a 2-0 lead for his sixth of the year.
Kikuchi's no-hit bid was broken up in the fifth when Mariners left-fielder Jesse Winker bounced a double down the first-base line. Kikuchi got out of the inning without surrendering any runs, however.
Seattle finally answered back in the seventh when Suarez hit his seventh home run of the season off of Richards to cut the score to 3-1.
Kirk came on as a pinch-hitter for designated hitter Zack
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