Seattle, WA
Blue Jays jump on Luis Castillo early, hold on as Seattle Mariners lose 6-3
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – MAY 09: Addison Barger #47 and Daulton Varsho #5 of the Toronto Blue Jays shakes hands after the game against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on May 09, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. The Toronto Blue Jays won 6-3. (Alika Jenner / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – The Blue Jays jumped on Mariners starter Luis Castillo through early command struggles for five runs, and a handful of key defensive plays by Toronto helped sink Seattle in a 6-3 loss on Friday night.
Addison Barger had three doubles off Seattle pitchers and robbed Rodríguez of an RBI double to lead the effort for the Blue Jays, and former Mariners reliever Yimi Garcia escaped a bases loaded jam in the eighth inning to preserve the Toronto lead.
Julio Rodríguez, Ben Williamson, J.P. Crawford and Miles Mastrobuoni all had prospective base hits taken away by strong defensive plays from Blue Jays fielders to keep additional runs off the board.
Castillo struggled immediately with command issues for Seattle, waking the first two batters he faced in Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Both walks would come around to score as Barger’s one-out double to right field brought both runs home for a 2-0 lead.
A two-out double by Barger in the third inning sparked another scoring surge. Ernie Clement singled to drive in Barger for a 3-0 lead, and Nathan Lukes hit a two-run home run to make it a 5-0 game.
Castillo settled in and retired seven of the last eight batters he faced as he made it through the fifth inning for Seattle. He allowed five runs on seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Kevin Gausman retired the first eight Mariners in order before Williamson’s two-out single in the third inning gave Seattle their first baserunner. J.P. Crawford and Jorge Polanco followed with consecutive singles as Seattle clawed back a run to make it 5-1.
Rodríguez ripped a two-out offering from Gausman, but Barger made a stellar grab to erase a potential double and at least one run scoring for Seattle. Daulton Varsho robbed a home run from Williamson in the fifth inning, and Bichette followed with a leaping grab of a Crawford liner as the Blue Jays web gems thwarted Seattle’s offense.
Three more consecutive singles by the Mariners in the sixth inning from Rodríguez, Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena chipped away another run, and a two-out double from newcomer Leody Taveras cut the Toronto lead to 5-3.
Gausman exited after Arozarena’s single to load the bases, going 5 ⅓ innings with three runs allowed on seven hits, no walks and three strikeouts for Toronto.
Seattle threatened again in the eighth against former Mariners reliever Yimi Garcia. Rodríguez’s lead-off single was followed by consecutive walks to Raleigh and Arozarena to load the bases with no outs. Pinch-hitter Miles Mastrobuoni lined to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at first base, who was unable to catch the ball. However, Guerrero threw home to get Rodríguez and keep the run off the board.
Garcia buckled down and struck out Taveras and Dylan Moore to escape the jam unscathed.
Toronto answered by loading the bases themselves in the top of the ninth against Seattle reliever Troy Taylor. Varsho’s sacrifice fly gave the Blue Jays an insurance run and a 6-3 lead.
Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman struck out three batters in the ninth and had to get an extra out as Crawford reached on a wild pitch.
What’s next:
Right-hander Logan Evans (1-1, 7.20) is set to face Toronto righty Bowden Francis (2-5, 5.66) in the second game of the three-game set on Saturday night.
The Source: Information in this story came from original FOX 13 Seattle reporting.
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Seattle, WA
FOLLOWUP: Sound Transit Board finalizes $400+ million spending installment for West Seattle light rail
Two weeks ago, we reported on the Sound Transit Board‘s System Expansion Committee recommending approval of actions to allot $406 million toward West Seattle light rail – the first big commitment after the ST3 plan revision that cemented ST commitment to WS. At this afternoon’s meeting of the full board, the actions all got final approval, as did a much-smaller installment of spending on Ballard light-rail planning.
(Here’s the full slide deck as presented at the committee meeting, also including the current WS light-rail cost estimate of around $5 billion.)
On the horizon, according to the most-recent ST email update, is work to advance the plan for the new cross-Duwamish River light-rail bridge, shown in this rendering:
(Sound Transit rendering)
That work on the south end of Harbor Island (in a parking lot at 1001 Klickitat, according to city docs) will see crews drill a test bridge shaft approximately 10 feet wide and 250 feet deep to better understand ground conditions,” ST says, to obtain “key information needed to finalize the bridge design.”
SEATTLE — Seattle police are investigating a shooting that left a 17-year-old boy injured early Thursday morning in the High Point neighborhood.
At about 12:48 a.m., dispatchers received multiple reports of rapid gunfire near Sylvan Way Southwest and Southwest Morgan Street.
Officers arrived and found a 17-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound to the hip area. Medics transported the teen to Harborview Medical Center in serious but stable condition.
Before officers located the victim, they found a car that had crashed and become disabled near Sylvan Way Southwest and Delridge Way Southwest. Police said multiple suspects were seen running from the vehicle through a nearby Home Depot parking lot.
Officers cordoned off the area and searched for the suspects with assistance from the K-9 Unit, but were unable to locate them. Police recovered the vehicle and impounded it for processing.
During the incident, gunfire struck at least three vehicles and two buildings. No other injuries were reported.
Officers processed multiple nearby scenes and recovered evidence before clearing the area. Detectives with the Gun Violence Reduction Unit will lead the investigation.
Seattle, WA
Council eyes street barricades in fight against violence, sex trafficking in north Seattle
SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council is expected to vote next week on a plan that would give the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) the authority to close off street access for public safety reasons.
The proposal comes after months of outcry from residents in north Seattle who say sex traffickers and sex buyers are looping through the streets surrounding Aurora Avenue North.
The street-closure proposal passed the council’s Public Safety Committee on Tuesday and is expected to be voted on by the full council next week.
“I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say the crime has gotten much worse, much more violent, and much more predator,” said District 5 councilmember Debora Juarez. “I think that we do have the authority to shut down a street for bullets flying and endangering the lives of those who live there.”
Frustrated neighbors have installed their own homemade barricades after a spate of gun violence between sex traffickers in May.
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Councilmember Bob Kettle says street closures will help tamp down sex buying in certain areas, but he emphasizes it must be accompanied by an increase in outreach and enforcement.
“We have to have a sustained effort,” Kettle told KOMO News. “My concern is for every action, there’s a reaction. We need to take this flex and then really attack it … because if we do just a bit and our attention wanders, we could have this conversation three months from now and we’re talking about the same thing.”
A 15-year-old boy was shot near 95th Street and Aurora Avenue North around 10:45 p.m. last night. The teen initially claimed he had been shot while walking down the street, but investigators now say he was shot by a passenger in his car.
RELATED | Seattle police say ‘drive-by’ on Aurora Ave. was actually passenger shooting teen driver
Kettle credited the city’s Real Time Crime Center cameras with helping investigators quickly piece together the events of the shooting.
“Just as important to finding out what happened, the cameras help police determine what did not happen,” Kettle said.
According to Seattle police data, reports of shootings and shots fired in the north precinct area are at their lowest levels since 2021.
Through the end of May, there were 48 total reports of shootings or shots fired, with one fatal shooting and seven nonfatal injury shootings.
That’s down from 63 total reports of shootings and shots fired – one fatal and seven injuries – in 2025; and 64 shootings or shots fired reports – one fatal and 17 injuries – in 2024.
At Tuesday’s committee meeting, councilmembers pointed out residents are calling for a new police precinct to be built on Aurora Avenue.
Ten years ago, a new North Precinct building was slated to be built at 130th Avenue and Aurora Avenue North to replace the existing precinct building, which was decades old and did not have enough space for the department’s needs.
Led by former councilmember Kshama Sawant, the “Block the Bunker” movement successfully got the North Precinct replacement project killed in city council.
Kettle said the city’s current financial issues make it essentially impossible to bring back a project similar to the one the previous council defeated.
“We have to connect the dots back,” Kettle said. “If we want to know why we are where we are today, we have to look at decisions made over the last two councils.”
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