Mark Buehrle was on the hill looking to add to his 194 innings pitched on the season.
The Toronto Blue Jays guaranteed 2014 would not go down in the books as a losing season on the evening of Wednesday, September 24 as they continued their four-game series against the Seattle Mariners.
Mark Buehrle was on the hill looking to add to his 194 innings pitched on the season.
Opposing Buehrle on the mound was Seattle rookie Tijuan Walker in what turned out to be a terrific pitching duel.
Austin Jackson is retired for the first out of the game after grounding out to short.
Mark Buehrle struck out Dustin Ackley looking to end the sixth inning to hit the 200-inning mark once again.
Munenori Kawasaki gets ready to high-five after walking and scoring all the way from first base on a bloop single to center field.
Ryan Goins stands at second base after his two-out blooper off Walker cashed in Kawasaki in the bottom of the eighth inning. Mariners shortstop Chris Taylor looks on in disappointment.
Mark Buehrle waves to the crowd after going eight-plus innings, allowing just three hits and a walk while striking out 10.
James Jones pinch-runs for Chris Taylor, whose lead-off single in the ninth chased Buehrle from the game. Jones was 27-for-28 in the stolen base department and he was hoping to make that 28-for-29.
In the third replay review of the night, Jones was ruled out on a pick-off throw as Adam Lind applies the tag.
After cleaning up the mess at first with that pick-off throw, Aaron Sanchez was able to focus on the task at hand by striking out Austin Jackson on a 97 MPH fastball and inducing Dustin Ackley to ground out to third to preserve a 1-0 victory.
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