TORONTO - Brandon Morrow threw six shutout innings and Edwin Encarnacion belted a grand slam as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners 7-0 on Saturday.
Morrow (2-1) struck out nine and allowed five hits as the Blue Jays ended a four-game losing streak. Jason Frasor, Darren Oliver and Carlos Villanueva each pitched an inning of relief to complete the shutout in front of 30,765 fans at Rogers Centre.
The Blue Jays loaded the bases in the eighth inning and Encarnacion tagged the first pitch he saw from reliever Hisashi Iwakuma over the wall in right field.
Seattle (11-11) fell back to the .500 mark and had its four-game winning streak come to an end. Kevin Millwood (0-2) absorbed the loss after giving up seven hits and one earned run over seven innings.
The Blue Jays jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third inning.
Yunel Escobar got the rally started with a one-out single before moving to third on a single by Kelly Johnson. Jose Bautista followed with a hard-hit grounder to third base that handcuffed Kyle Seager, who was charged with an error.
