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Dylan Cease Strikes Out 9 in 7 Innings as Blue Jays Blank Mariners 2-0 in ALCS Rematch

Cease allowed three hits and one walk as Toronto’s bullpen finished the shutout and Seattle managed only four hits.

  • On Friday, the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners 2-0 behind Dylan Cease's seven sharp innings and nine strikeouts in a rematch of last year's American League Championship Series.
  • The teams last met during the 2025 American League Championship Series, when the Blue Jays eliminated Seattle with a 4-3 victory in Game 7 at home.
  • Andrés Giménez hit an RBI double and scored on Vladimir Guerrero's single off Mariners starter Luis Castillo in the third. Cease leads the American League with 141 strikeouts and allowed just three hits.
  • Seattle struck out 12 times against Toronto's pitching staff. Relief pitcher Jeff Hoffman fanned two in a hitless eighth, and Louis Varland secured the victory with a hitless ninth.
  • The Mariners fell a half-game behind West-leading Texas in the standings. Blue Jays RHP Shane Bieber faces RHP Logan Gilbert on Saturday in the series' middle game.
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Dylan Cease strikes out 9 in 7 innings as Blue Jays blank Mariners 2-0 in ALCS rematch

Dylan Cease struck out nine in seven sharp innings to pitch the Toronto Blue Jays past the Seattle Mariners 2-0 in a rematch of last year’s American League Championship Series.

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Dylan Cease struck nine in seven solid innings to guide the Toronto Tiles to a win Friday night by 2-0 over the Seattle Mariners in a rematch of last year's American League Championship Series.

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
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