Post-Game Notes

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TORONTO BLUE JAYS (51-51) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (48-57)

Monday, July 30, 2012
FINAL WP: Washburn (3-3, 2.64) 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 Time of Game: 2:45 3.28) H 5 6 7 LP: Rasner (1-2,R 8 9 E LOB 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 7 1 0 0 0 x 4 8 1 6 Temp: 67 / winds calm Attendance: 22,443

Toronto Blue Jays Seattle Mariners

First Pitch: 7:10 pm

WP: Hisashi Iwakuma (2-2, 4.10) LP: Ricky Romero (8-8, 5.69) SV: Lucas Luetge (1) HOME RUNS: Rajai Davis (TOR) PITCHING LINES: TORONTO Ricky Romero (L) Aaron Loup Andrew Carpenter SEATTLE Hisashi Iwakuma (W) Josh Kinney Lucas Luetge (S) NO. 6 IP 6.0 1.0 1.0 IP 8.0 0.2 0.1 H 8 0 0 H 4 0 0 PITCHER Iwakuma R 4 0 0 R 1 0 0 ER 3 0 0 ER 1 0 0 INN. 1 BB-I 2-0 0-0 2-0 BB-I 3-0 1-0 0-0 SO 7 2 0 SO 13 2 0 MOB 0 HR 0 0 0 HR 1 0 0 OUT 0 WP 1 0 1 WP 0 0 0 HB 0 0 0 HB 0 0 0 COUNT 3-2 BK 0 0 0 BK 0 0 0 DISTANCE LF/ 381 FT PITCHES/STRIKES 102/62 12/8 19/9 PITCHES/STRIKES 109/77 12/6 3/3

TORONTO NOTES: Ricky Romero o Against Seattle, Romero is 1-2, 3.64 ERA (19 ER, 47.0 IP) with 42 strikeouts in 7 starts. o Romero has lost a career high 7 consecutive games started, a season high for a Blue Jays pitcherlongest since Brett Cecil lost 7 straight last year (8/9 9/25)9.44 ERA (36 ER, 34.1 IP) with opponents batting .359 (52x145) during the streak. o Romero received 1 run of support, the first run of support since June 27th at Bostonwent 4 starts receiving 0 runs of support, longest streak in his career (previous: 2, 4/18/11 4/24/11). Rajai Davis hit his first career lead-off home run Yunel Escobar extended his season high hitting streak to 8 gameshe is batting .370 (10x27) with 1 HR, 2 doubles, 1 RBI, and 5 runs over that span. Travis Snider left in the 7th inning after being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates. MARINERS NOTES: The Mariners won their 5th straight game, the teams longest winning streak this seasonlast 5-game winning streak was part of a 6-gamer May 18-23, 2011. o With tonights win, the Mariners are 14-11 in July, assuring the first winning month since May 2011 (15-11) o Mariners are 12-6 since the All-Star break, 2nd best record in the AL (best: Oakland, came into today 123)have won 11 of last 15 games including 6 of the past 7. Hisashi Iwakuma set a Mariners rookie record with 13 strikeouts in a game (previous: 12 Freddy Garcia, Randy Johnson, Mark Langston)13 strikeouts and 7.0 innings pitched are both a career high. o At home, Iwakuma is 2-2, 2.97 ERA (13 ER, 39.1 IP) in 11 games (4 starts)holding opponents to a .212 BA (29x137) including limiting lefties to a .194 BA (12x62) at Safeco Field. o Over his last 3 starts, Iwakuma has a 1.89 ERA (4 ER, 19.0 IP) with 23 strikeouts. o Mariners starting pitchers are 8-1 with a 1.62 ERA (15 ER, 83.1 IP) with 65 strikeouts over their last 12 starts. Kyle Seager collected 1, two-out RBI in the 7th inning and continues to lead MLB with 37 two-out RBI. Jesus Montero went 1-for-2 against LH Romero and is now batting .373 (41x110) vs. LHP this season. o Since the All-Star break, he is hitting .351 (20x57) with 2 HR, 4 doubles, 12 RBI, and 8 runs scored. Brendan Ryan went 1-for-3 with a double and is hitting .262 (28x107) with 14 RBI over his last 36 games (since June 16th)was hitting .156 (26x167) with 12 RBI in 57 games prior. Michael Saunders hit his 10th double against a left-handed pitcher this season (345 AB) after hitting only 2 doubles vs. LHP in his career prior to this season (572 AB)collected his 21st multi-hit game this season (91 games started) compared to 23 multi-hit games before this season (183 games started). Seattle scored 2 runs in the first inning and have scored 28 runs in the first inning over their last 20 games (since July 6th)scored 26 runs in the first inning in previous 65 games (April 26 July 4).

NEXT GAME Seattle Mariners vs. Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday, July 31, at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports) LH Jason Vargas (11-7, 3.76) vs. LH Aaron Laffey (2-1, 3.22)

Post-Game Quotes
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TORONTO MANAGER JOHN FARRELL On Romeros performance Improved. I thought he pitched with much more conviction. I thought he attacked the strike zone early in the count. He mis-located some fastballs, particularly in the first inning. Couple of pitches were up, left a breaking ball inside to Ackley to get things going. Saunders lays down a good bunt. They bunched some hits together. The 3rd run, he contributed to with a couple of pitches out of the zone that Jeff couldnt handle. I think overall, there was much more conviction and trust and belief in his stuff, evident by the first pitch strikes. He used his fastball more aggressively. Still not to the point where weve seen Ricky pitch many times before, but I think this is a step in the right direction with the overall mound presence, body language, and the overall attack plan. He didnt contribute [to the Mariners runs] with a bunch of walks weve seen in recent starts. From that aspect, this was a step in the right direction. Thoughts on Brad Lincoln, the Blue Jays new relief pitcher Hes had an outstanding year with the Pirates. Has really emerged as a late-inning reliever for them. Were parting ways with a young, talented outfielder in Travis. [Hes] still trying to get established on an everyday basis in the big leagues, but we felt like we gave up a quality player to get a guy thats starting to come into his own in Lincoln. Hes started throughout his minor league career. He was a high pick for them, but right now we envision him in the bullpen. Thats where hes flourished. Thats where hes seem to come into his own at the big league level. On Iwakumas performance He was outstanding after the leadoff home run by Davis. Very good fastball location, good slider, very good split. Much better split than we saw in the relief appearance earlier in the year. He dominated us after the first hitter of the game.