TORONTO (AP) JosĆ© BerrĆos pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings, Davis Schneider hit a two-run single and the Toronto Blue Jays won their home opener Monday night, beating the Seattle Mariners 5-2.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two hits and drove in a run as the Blue Jays won before a sellout crowd of 40,069 at their renovated stadium. The lower level of seats and both clubhouses were rebuilt over the offseason.
BerrĆos (2-0) allowed four hits, all singles, including three from Seattleās Ty France. The right-hander walked one and matched a season-high by striking out six.
āJosĆ© was awesome,ā Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. āWe were really short in the āpen today and he stepped up.ā
Toronto has won four of its past five home openers.
āAll the hard work that we put into the offseason, now weāre seeing it out there on the field,ā BerrĆos said.
Blue Jays reliever Yimi Garcia struck out Dominic Canzone to strand France at first base to end the seventh inning.
Garcia got four outs, pitching around J.P. Crawfordās solo home run in the eighth. The homer was Crawfordās second.
Chad Green gave up Cal Raleighās solo home run in the ninth but closed out the game. Raleighās homer was his first.
Mariners right-hander Luis Castillo (0-3) lost for the third time in three starts this season, allowing four runs and nine hits in five innings. Castilloās earned run average rose from 6.75 to 6.89.
āIām not used to seeing him give up this many hits,ā Seattle manager Scott Servais said. āI think thatās the biggest thing.ā
Castilloās 101 pitches were a season-high. He threw 99 in an April 2 loss to Cleveland.
āIām working, Iām working hard,ā Castillo said through a translator. āSometimes a thing doesnāt go your way, but the thing is it doesnāt last forever.ā
The Mariners have lost five of six.
āWeāre not putting a full game together, either on the mound or at the plate,ā Servais said. āYouāre not going to win many games unless you start doing that.ā
France went 3 for 4 after being activated off the paternity list before the game.
Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk opened the scoring with an RBI single in the second and Schneiderās bases-loaded hit drove in two more in the third.
Home plate umpire CB Bucknor went down in pain after being struck on the face mask by Kirkās foul tip in the second. Blue Jays trainer Jose Ministral came out to check on Bucknor, who stayed in the game.
TRAINERāS ROOM
Mariners: Seattle placed RHP Cody Bolton on the 15-day injured list because of kidney stones. RHP Collin Snider went on the 15-day IL because of a left knee contusion.
Blue Jays: Schneider said 1B Joey Votto (right ankle) is hitting off a tee at Torontoās spring training facility in Florida. Votto has been out since March 17, when he injured his ankle stepping on a bat on the dugout floor.
ROSTER MOVES
Seattle selected the contracts of RHPs Brett de Geus and Tyson Miller from Triple-A Tacoma. Utilityman Samad Taylor was optioned to Triple-A and RHP Ty Adcock was designated for assignment.
UP NEXT
Mariners RHP George Kirby (1-1, 5.23 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday against Blue Jays RHP Chris Bassitt (0-2, 7.71).
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