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Tulowitzki, Happ lead Blue Jays past Giants

- RICK EYMER

TORONTO 4 SAN FRANCISCO 0

SAN FRANCISCO — Troy Tulowitzki homered and drove in three runs, J.A. Happ allowed five hits in 82⁄ innings and the Toronto 3 Blue Jays beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on Tuesday night for their sixth victory in eight games.

Happ (5-0) was one out away from his first complete game since August 2010. He walked three and struck out five in beating the Giants for the first time in five starts. He also singled in the eighth.

Roberto Osuna came on to walk Matt Duffy, loading the bases, before getting Jarrett Parker on strikes for his eighth save.

Tulowitzki hit a solo shot against Matt Cain (0-5) with one out in the second and followed Michael Saunders’ seventhinn­ing triple with a sacrifice fly.

Victoria native Saunders, who had three hits, also scored on Tulowitzki’s ninth-inning double. Russell Martin singled home a run in the ninth, ending a 0-for-17 streak.

A .333 hitter (22 for 66) against Cain, Tulowitzki delivered his 12th extra-base hit against the right-hander, and his sixth homer.

Thanks to a pair of double plays and a caught stealing, Happ faced two over the minimum through seven innings.

Mariners 6, Rays 4

SEATTLE — Franklin Gutierrez hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Dae-Ho Lee added a three-run shot in the fourth and the Seattle Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4.

The Mariners took the first two games of the three-game series and won for the 18th time in the past 25 games. This time it was thanks to home runs from an unlikely duo, both off Tampa Bay starter Drew Smyly.

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