Mariners open series in Toronto with loss to Blue Jays

TORONTO — The last time they met on the artificial turf of the now renovated Rogers Centre, the two teams delivered two games of brilliant and exciting baseball in the first-ever American League Wild Card series. In the first year under the newly expanded playoff system, the Mariners rolled into Toronto, riding the wave of emotion from clinching their first postseason appearance since 2001, and won the first two games to advance to the American League Division Series. Both teams have expectations for a return to the postseason in 2023...