(Toronto) A tough first outing cost Alek Manoah and the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.

The way Seattle Mariners starter Luis Castillo played, there was no room for error for the Torontonians.

The Mariners built a packed house at Rogers Center with three runs in the first inning and won 4-0 in Game 1 of a best-of-three series.

The Mariners stopped the Blue Jays from coming in from behind and the Canadian club is now leaning against the wall. Another setback would bring the Queen City team playoffs to an end.

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“They took advantage of my mistakes,” noted Manoah, who was on the mound for five and two-thirds of the innings.

Cal Raleigh hit a two-run home run in the first round after Eugenio Suárez allowed Julio Rodriguez to cross home with a double. The Mariners solidified their lead with another run in the fifth.

Luis Castillo, who stayed on the mound for 108 pitches, allowed six hits in over seven work innings.

“We managed our hits well, but we didn’t get the big hits when we had runners on base,” said Blue Jays interim manager John Schneider. He was very good (Castillo). He deserves to be underlined. »

The relief Andres Munoz took care of eliminating the last five hitters of the Canadian club. Suarez had two hits, while Rodriguez crossed home plate twice.

For the Blue Jays, George Springer and Matt Chapman had a two-hit game each. John Schneider’s men sent two runners to base in the third and fifth, but were excluded anyway.

“These are important moments,” Schneider said. When you’re up against such a good pitcher and you have runners on base, you want to take advantage of that and hit it hard.

“It’s hard to do against a guy like him and even harder when you have two eliminations. So you accept what you are today and move on. »

Manoah, playing his first game in the series, equaled his worst performance of the season, allowing four runs. Tim Mayza, Yimi Garcia, Zach Pop, Trevor Richards and Adam Cimber came in relieved.

The Blue Jays have confirmed that Kevin Gausman will start Saturday’s game. Robbie Ray, who won Cy-Young with the Blue Jays last year, will start for the Mariners in Game 2.

“We’re used to playing decisive games,” Chapman said. I think today a lot of guys played their first playoff game and learned a lot. They were able to live what it was. »

If a third match is required, it will be played on Sunday afternoon at the Rogers Centre.

“That’s what we’ve been working towards all year – to get the home advantage,” Manoah said. It’s a best-of-three series, so we’ll be back tomorrow. »

In the first playoff game at the Rogers Center since 2016, the duel was played in front of a packed house of 47,402 spectators.

A renewed training

Ahead of the game, the Blue Jays named infielder Santiago Espinal to their 26-man roster, but outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Espinal (oblique) and Gurriel Jr. (hamstring) trained and ran the trails on Thursday at the Rogers Center. But it wasn’t until Friday morning, just hours before the first match, that his status was confirmed.

Reserve wide receiver Gabriel Moreno was also included in the active squad, as was left-handed reliever Yusei Kikuchi. Outback Bradley Zimmer was left out.

The decision to include Moreno allows the Blue Jays to have three wide receivers and gives them the flexibility to move Alejandro Kirk or Danny Jansen into a designated hitter role if needed.

As for Kikuchi, he has struggled as a starter this season but has improved lately after being transferred to the bullpen. He adds to the team a powerful left arm that can be used in long relief.

Zimmer has been used to a limited extent this season, primarily as an emergency runner or late-game defensive measure.

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