SEATTLE 鈥� Marco Estrada baffled Seattle鈥檚 struggling bats with his mix of offspeed pitches, taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning and leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-1 win over the Mariners on Saturday night.

Estrada (5-8) was masterful with his changeup, keeping the Mariners guessing all night. He didn鈥檛 give up a hit until Mitch Haniger鈥檚 one-out double just inside third base in the seventh inning. It was just Seattle鈥檚 second baserunner after Nelson Cruz walked leading off the second inning.

Otherwise, the Mariners鈥� slumping offence looked even more meagre against Estrada, who entered the day with a 4.90 ERA and had allowed four earned runs in four innings in his last start. Estrada also induced plenty of weak contact as Seattle struggled to make the adjustment between speeds.

Estrada was pulled after walking Ryon Healy to open the eighth inning, leaving to a standing ovation from the thousands of Toronto fans in attendance.

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Estrada struck out four and allowed one earned run when Healy scored on Chris Herrmann鈥檚 sacrifice fly.

Ryan Tepera finished off the eighth and Ken Giles pitched the ninth in his second appearance since being acquired by the Blue Jays.

Seattle has lost five straight and fallen 2 1/2 games back of Oakland in the AL wild-card race.

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Seattle starter James Paxton (9-5) lost for the third time in his past four starts against the team he no-hit earlier this season in Toronto. The damage against Paxton came via two blows: Devon Travis鈥� two-run single in the third and Aledmys Diaz鈥檚 solo home run leading off the fifth.

Paxton was able to get through the seventh thanks to inning-ending double plays in the first, third and fifth innings, and another key double play in the seventh. He struck out seven and has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 14 of his last 17 starts.

Toronto added two more runs off Seattle鈥檚 bullpen on Justin Smoak鈥檚 RBI single in the eighth and Brandon Drury鈥檚 double in the ninth. Toronto has scored 10 runs 鈥� seven earned 鈥� off Seattle鈥檚 bullpen in the first three games of the series.

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Mariners: 2B Dee Gordon was a late scratch from the lineup Saturday because of a sore ankle. Manager Scott Servais expects Gordon to play Sunday. 鈥� RHP Erasmo Ramirez will make one more rehab start Sunday for Triple-A Tacoma. Servais expects Ramirez to return to the active roster if all goes well. 鈥� Servais doesn鈥檛 know how long RHP Juan Nicasio, who was placed on the 10-day DL Friday, could be on the DL because of his knee situation. 鈥淛uan鈥檚 frustrated that it hasn鈥檛 felt good. He wants to make it right. I certainly think he can come back and impact this year down the stretch, but I don鈥檛 know.鈥�

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Blue Jays: RHP Sam Gaviglio (2-4, 5.10) is expected to make his 15th start of the season Sunday afternoon. Gaviglio has lost four of his last five starts while allowing 19 earned runs over 20.1 innings for an 8.51 ERA over that span.

Mariners: RHP Mike Leake (8-7, 4.16) is scheduled to make his 23rd start of the season Sunday afternoon. Leake is on pace to make at least 30 starts for the seventh consecutive season. He is one of only four pitchers who made at least 30 starts every season from 2012-17.

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