Teoscar haunts former team with walk-off hit vs. Toronto

SEATTLE — The Mariners have to pile up wins to get the place they need to be within the American League playoff race, and Friday night time’s dramatic come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays at a raucous T-Mobile Park might be the momentum builder they’ve been searching for.

Teoscar Hernández’s single off the right-field wall with two outs within the backside of the ninth inning towards Toronto nearer Jordan Romano scored Jose Caballero with the successful run, giving the Mariners slugger candy revenge towards his outdated membership.

Seattle was down, 2-0, and never doing a lot offensively by way of the primary six innings. They had struck out eight instances towards their former teammate, Blue Jays starter Yusei Kikuchi, and twice extra towards reliever Trevor Richards.

But they chipped away within the seventh, making the most of a Ty France stroll and AJ Pollock double when pinch-hitter Mike Ford blooped an RBI single to left subject. And within the eighth, Seattle obtained to Jays reliever Yimi Garcia with a one-out single by Tom Murphy and a France double down the left-field line that tied the sport at 2.

Mariners reliever Prelander Berroa, recalled from Double-A Arkansas two days earlier, made his Major League debut within the recreation, coming in within the seventh and pitching two-thirds of an inning, strolling three batters whereas placing out one and throwing a wild pitch that scored a run.

Seattle starter Bryce Miller was wonderful, going 5 1/3 innings and giving up one run on three hits. He struck out six and walked two, with the one blemish being a solo residence run by Toronto catcher Danny Jansen within the fifth inning.

With the win, the Mariners inched again above the .500 mark they’ve been straddling for a lot of the season, enhancing their file to 49-48.