Manoah takes the mound as Blue Jays look to avoid series sweep against Mariners

After reaching second base on Saturday, Teoscar Hernandez turned towards the Seattle Mariners‘ dugout, thumped his chest and set free a primal scream.

It wasn’t fairly just like the earlier evening, when he was mobbed and doused by teammates after a walk-off single within the backside of the ninth inning, but it surely meant simply as a lot.

Hernandez’s two-run double with two outs within the seventh Saturday afternoon broke a tie within the Mariners’ 9-8 victory in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays, Hernandez’s former workforce.

The Mariners, who’ve pulled inside 3 1/2 video games of the Blue Jays for the American League’s third and last wild-card playoff berth, will go for a sweep of the three-game sequence Sunday afternoon in Seattle. (Watch reside on Sportsnet and SN NOW at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT.)

“You are always trying to do good against the team that you were with, no matter what,” stated Hernandez, acquired by Seattle in an offseason commerce. “But I don’t have anything negative to say about them. Nothing personal either. The emotions are high and I was enjoying the moment.”

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Hernandez tried to downplay the rivalry between the groups, regardless of 1000’s of Canadians making the trek throughout the border to cheer on the Blue Jays.

“For me, when I was on the other side, I was never thinking about this being a rivalry or something,” Hernandez stated. “Even now, for me — I don’t know if other players have something in their heads — but for me, it’s just another team that we’re facing.”

Saturday’s sport featured seven dwelling runs, together with two by Seattle’s Cal Raleigh. The Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez, who met two weeks in the past within the All-Star Home Run Derby at T-Mobile Park — a contest ultimately gained by Guerrero — additionally went deep.

“What a game. Man, can you imagine if you had tickets to Taylor Swift and you watched that game? What a day,” Seattle supervisor Scott Servais stated, a nod to the singer performing throughout the road at Lumen Field this weekend.

Toronto’s bullpen, which squandered a two-run lead Friday, couldn’t maintain a 7-4 benefit heading into the underside of the seventh Saturday.

“A bullpen that’s been really, really reliable for us the whole season had a little bit of a blip,” Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider stated. “That’s baseball. It works out like that sometimes.”

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The sequence finale is scheduled to characteristic a pair of right-handers in Toronto’s Alek Manoah (2-8, 6.18 ERA) and Seattle rookie Bryan Woo (1-2, 4.74).

Manoah was despatched to the Florida Complex League in early June after shedding seven consecutive selections. He returned to the majors with a 12-2 win at Detroit on July 7, when he allowed one run on 5 hits over six innings with no walks and eight strikeouts.

His management issues resurfaced Tuesday in a 9-1 loss to visiting San Diego, as he gave up 4 runs on three hits in three innings, with 5 walks and no strikeouts.

Manoah is 0-1 with a 2.92 ERA in two profession begins in opposition to Seattle. He didn’t get a choice in host Toronto’s 3-2 win on April 28 regardless of permitting two runs on six hits in 5 innings. He walked 4 and fanned seven.

Woo bought hammered in his most up-to-date begin, giving up seven runs (six earned) on eight hits in simply 3 1/3 innings of a 10-3 loss to the visiting Minnesota Twins on Tuesday. He walked three and struck out 4.

Woo can be dealing with the Blue Jays for the primary time in his profession.

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