SEATTLE – The Blue Jays needed a stopper. On this night, Marco Estrada and Roberto Osuna shared the job.
Estrada worked the early shift and Osuna got the job done on the graveyard shift as the Blue Jays squeaked past the Seattle Mariners 3-2 in the opener of a three-game series that will impact the American League wild card race.
After a frustrating weekend in Anaheim, where the Blue Jays lost the final two poorly-played games against the Angels, Estrada stepped up in a big way in the opener of a three-game series against the Mariners. He tossed a one-hitter into the eighth inning as the Blue Jays pushed the Mariners three games back in the hotly-contested AL wild card race.