TORONTO (AP) JosƩ Berrƭos 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 Seattleā€™s Ty France. The right-hander walked one and matched a season-high by striking out six.

ā€œJosĆ© was awesome,ā€ Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. ā€œWe were really short in the ā€™pen today and he stepped up.ā€

Toronto has won four of its past five home openers.

ā€œAll the hard work that we put into the offseason, now weā€™re 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. Crawfordā€™s solo home run in the eighth. The homer was Crawfordā€™s second.

Chad Green gave up Cal Raleighā€™s solo home run in the ninth but closed out the game. Raleighā€™s 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. Castilloā€™s earned run average rose from 6.75 to 6.89.

ā€œIā€™m not used to seeing him give up this many hits,ā€ Seattle manager Scott Servais said. ā€œI think thatā€™s the biggest thing.ā€

Castilloā€™s 101 pitches were a season-high. He threw 99 in an April 2 loss to Cleveland.

ā€œIā€™m working, Iā€™m working hard,ā€ Castillo said through a translator. ā€œSometimes a thing doesnā€™t go your way, but the thing is it doesnā€™t last forever.ā€

The Mariners have lost five of six.

ā€œWeā€™re not putting a full game together, either on the mound or at the plate,ā€ Servais said. ā€œYouā€™re 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 Schneiderā€™s 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 Kirkā€™s foul tip in the second. Blue Jays trainer Jose Ministral came out to check on Bucknor, who stayed in the game.

TRAINERā€™S 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 Torontoā€™s 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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