TORONTO – Back before Logan Gilbert had thrown a professional pitch, while George Kirby was still firing fastballs at Elon University and Robbie Ray was still trying to sort out his mechanics and harness his stuff for other teams to be the pitcher worthy of a $115 million contract, Marco Gonzales stepped forward to lead the Mariners’ pitching staff.

TORONTO — As if a lackluster showing at the plate, featuring non-productive at-bats and weak contact and eventually resulting in being held scoreless for the sixth time this season could get worse, the possibility of losing shortstop J.P. Crawford to an injury for any amount of time would have been catastrophic for the Mariners in a season that has yet to go as planned.

TORONTO – Yusei Kikuchi allowed one hit over six shutout innings to beat his former team, Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman backed the left-hander with home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Monday night.

Right-handed pitcher Drew Steckenrider was placed on the restricted list and temporarily removed from the 40-man roster.

NEW YORK – For an agonizing matter of seconds that felt like minutes, the entire focus of CitiField turned to first base umpire Chad Whitson and his decision.

In the search for blame in the Mariners’ latest failure, the squandering of a chance for another unexpected victory and a stunning series win, they found a disappointing 5-4 defeat to the New York Mets was truly a team effort.

The Jarred Kelenic trade is getting a lot of revisionist analysis this weekend as the Mariners face the Mets in New York for the first time since those two teams consummated the deal on Dec. 3, 2018.

Behind a solid start from Marco Gonzales and the timely hitting of Ty France, one of two players that have hit all season, the Mariners picked up an unexpected 2-1 win over the New York Mets at CitiField.

Jarred Kelenic won’t face the team that drafted him and traded him to the Mariners.

With a much-needed day off on Thursday, the Mariners have decided to re-slot their starting rotation for the upcoming series vs. the Mets at Citi Field.

SEATTLE – Hope isn’t lost for the Mariners, but it has gone into hiding. Faith that this ballclub can match preseason expectations is dwindling with each defeat.