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Yusei Kikuchi needed just 96 pitches to complete a two-hitter Sunday that led the Mariners over the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0, Seattle's third shutout of the season.

Gonzales recovered from the shaky start to throw seven strong innings, Austin Nola hit a three-run homer to put Seattle ahead for good, giving the Mariners a 7-3 win over Texas.

Crawford had a career-high four hits and drove in four, Kikuchi had his best outing in a month, and the Mariners used an eight-run third inning to thump the O's 13-3.

Domingo Santana hit his third home run in two days, and Wade LeBlanc gave the Mariners a big boost on the mound after another rough outing by an opener.

Domingo Santana hit two home runs in a game, Marco Gonzales won his third straight start and Seattle avoided an embarrassing series sweep by beating the Royals 8-2.

Jorge Soler hit a two-out, two-run homer in the eighth inning rallying the Kansas City Royals for a 6-4 win over Seattle, snapping a nine-game losing streak to the Mariners.

Leake matched his season high with seven strikeouts in seven innings and Seattle rallied with four runs in the eighth inning to beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3.

Dee Gordon scored on one of Minnesota's five errors, helping the Mariners beat the Twins 9-6 on Wednesday night.

Encarnación hit two homers to become the third active player with 400 homers, and Tom Murphy added two more homers in the Mariners' 9-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

Chirinos homered to cap a three-run first inning, Houston's bullpen pitched six shutout innings and the Astros beat the Mariners 4-2 on Monday night.