Wilson Fuels M’S 14-3 Rout Another Homer From Catcher Propels Seattle Over Toronto

The Seattle Mariners want everyone to know they’re more than a one-man team.

Ken Griffey Jr. was the only Seattle starter who didn’t reach base Saturday as the Mariners trounced the Toronto Blue Jays 14-3.

Dan Wilson hit a three-run homer that capped a six-run first inning and Alex Rodriguez doubled twice and drove in a career-high four runs. Jay Buhner drove in three runs and Edgar Martinez added a two-run double for Seattle.

“It’s nice to be able to score as many as we did today with him going 0-for-4,” Wilson said. “This was a team win. Griffey’s always going to win a lot of ballgames for us, with his bat and glove. But we know we can win without him, too.”

Wilson, who hit three home runs in Detroit on Thursday, homered into the second deck in left field. Martinez hit a two-run double and Jay Buhner had an RBI single before Wilson hit his fourth homer of the year.

“I’m really not doing anything differently,” Wilson said. “I guess the only difference might be that I’m seeing more fastballs in certain situations.”

Chris Bosio (1-0), activated from the disabled list before the game, won for the first time since Sept. 12. Coming off his seventh knee surgery, he gave up three runs on four hits in 5-1/3 innings, with three strikeouts and two walks.

“That was a good return for Bosio. He was sharp,” Mariners manager Lou Piniella said. “He started to get a little tired in the sixth, but that’s all he was going to go anyway.”

Jeff Ware (0-1) struggled in his first major league start. He was charged with eight runs on five hits and three walks, and left before retiring a batter in the second.

“You can’t walk a lot of guys and expect to win,” Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said. “Jeff put the first two men on and that really hurt him, both on the scoreboard and the way he was forced to pitch after that.”

Carlos Delgado hit his third homer of the season and Tilson Brito hit his first big league homer for the Blue Jays.

Ware walked Joey Cora and Rich Amaral to start the game and Martinez doubled over Joe Carter’s head in left field. After Griffey flied out, Buhner singled for a 3-0 lead and Wilson later homered.

Buhner hit a two-run single off Tony Castillo in the second. Rodriguez hit an RBI double in the sixth and a three-run double in the seventh.

Notes

Griffey’s seven-game hitting streak ended. He homered twice in Seattle’s 9-6 win Friday night… . Wilson threw out Brito at second base, and has now nabbed five straight base stealers… . Wilson had a total of 12 homers in 782 at-bats in the majors before this year… . Seattle’s 7-4 mark matches their best start after 11 games (1980, ‘84, ‘85, ‘95)… . Ed Sprague is 0 for 15 lifetime against Bosio after going 0 for 2 against him… . Carter was 0 for 4, ending his nine-game hitting streak.

Mariners 14, Blue Jays 3

Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Cora 2b 3 2 0 0 2 0 .265 b-Strnge ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Amaral lf 4 2 1 1 1 1 .158 Griffey Jr cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231 ADiaz cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .176 EMartinz dh 4 1 2 2 1 0 .286 Buhner rf 4 2 2 3 1 0 .289 Sorrento 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .194 a-RJrdn ph-1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 RDavis 3b 4 1 2 1 1 1 .306 DWilson c 4 3 2 3 1 1 .257 Marzano c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 ARodrigz ss 5 1 2 4 0 0 .231 Totals 37 14 12 14 9 3 Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Nixon cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .293 RPerez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 TBrito 2b 2 1 1 2 2 1 .258 Carter lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Olerud dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .176 Sprague 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .270 CDelgdo 1b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .303 Green rf-cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .156 SMartinez c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .278 AGonzalz ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .324 Totals 29 3 4 3 5 8 Seattle 620 002 310 14 12 0 Toronto 012 000 000 3 4 1 a-walked for Sorrento in the 8th. b-flied out for Cora in the 9th.

E-TBrito (2). LOBSeattle 6, Toronto 4. 2B-EMartinez (6), RDavis (2), ARodriguez 2 (7). HR- TBrito (1) off Bosio; CDelgado (3) off Bosio; DWilson (4) off Ware. RBIsAmaral (1), EMartinez 2 (5), Buhner 3 (7), RDavis (6), DWilson 3 (10), ARodriguez 4 (7), TBrito 2 (3), CDelgado (8). CS-TBrito (1). SF-Amaral. GIDP Sorrento, ARodriguez, Nixon. Runners left in scoring position-Seattle 4 (Cora, Sorrento, DWilson 2). Runners moved up-Cora, Griffey Jr, Buhner. DP-Seattle 1 (RDavis, Cora and Sorrento); Toronto 2 (AGonzalez, TBrito and CDelgado), (Sprague, TBrito and CDelgado).

Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Bosio W,1-0 5 4 3 3 2 3 73 5.06 BWells 2 0 0 0 2 3 52 2.38 Carmona 1 0 0 0 1 2 15 5.40 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Ware L,0-1 1 5 8 8 3 0 51 18.00 Castillo 4 4 2 2 1 2 64 7.94 Bohanon 2 3 4 4 5 0 54 8.31 Crabtree 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 0.00 Ware pitched to 2 batters in the 2nd. Inherited runnersscored-BWells 1-0, Castillo 2-2, Bohanon 1-1. WP- Castillo. T-2:58. A-33,645 (50,516).