SEATTLE -- If history is any indication, Marco Estrada wasn't the pitcher who was supposed to flirt with a no-hitter on Saturday night.
Nonetheless, the righty took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning in a duel against Mariners' lefty James Paxton -- who no-hit the Blue Jays in May -- en route to a 5-1 victory over Seattle at Safeco Field.
The Mariners' only hit off of Estrada was a Mitch Haniger double with one out in the seventh. Estrada finished the inning, but was pulled after walking the first batter he faced in the eighth.