Bautista drives Mets past Jays
TORONTO — Former Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista drove in the eventual winning run and scored as part of New York’s five-run fifth inning, and the Mets defeated Toronto 6-3 on Wednesday to split their twogame interleague series.
Todd Frazier hit a two-run homer for the Mets (34-49) and Brandon Nimmo, Michael Conforto and Asdrubal Cabrera had run-scoring singles.
Kendrys Morales homered for Toronto (40-46) and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. drove in a pair to bring his RBI total to five in two games.
Marcus Stroman (1-6) was chased after 4 ⁄ innings. The righthander allowed six runs and six hits, walked four and struck out two over an 85-pitch outing.
“I faced [Stroman] before in the World Baseball Classic [in 2017], but it definitely doesn’t make it normal by any means,” Bautista said. “It’s still kind of strange facing a guy that you know so well.”
Corey Oswalt gave up two runs and five hits while striking out two and walking one over four innings. Seth Lugo (3-3) earned the win for New York and Jeurys Familia picked up his 16th save.
Bautista received a warm ovation before his at bat in the first inning from the 26,038 in attendance — and a round of applause from Stroman on the mound. SEATTLE — Kole Calhoun hit a tworun homer, helping the Angels snap the Mariners’ eight-game winning streak.
Calhoun had three hits and three RBIs. Garrett Richards (5-4) got the win in his return from the disabled list, allowing three runs in 5 ⁄ innings.
Kyle Seager and Ryon Healy homered for Seattle.