Raleigh and Tellez each hit 2-run HRs, Moore adds solo blast as Mariners beat Blue Jays 8-3

TORONTO (AP) — Cal Raleigh and Rowdy Tellez each hit two-run homers, Dylan Moore added a solo shot and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 on Sunday to win their three-game series.

Raleigh has nine home runs, tying him with Athletics first baseman Tyler Soderstrom for the major league lead.

The Mariners are 3-0 in series-deciding games.

Luis Castillo (2-2) matched a career high by allowing 10 hits in five innings but won for the first time in three starts. Castillo allowed three runs, walked two and struck out five.

Seattle needed eight pitches to take a 3-0 lead before Toronto recorded an out in the first inning. Moore homered to begin the game, his fifth, and Julio Rodríguez doubled before Raleigh connected.

In the second, Randy Arozarena had a two-run single and Mitch Garver’s base hit made it 6-0.

Blue Jays left-hander Easton Lucas (2-2) allowed six runs in 1 2/3 innings, before right-hander Paxton Schultz came on and struck out eight in 4 1/3 shutout innings, matching a major league record for strikeouts by a reliever making his debut.

Schultz was selected from Triple-A Buffalo before Sunday’s game. Toronto also recalled right-hander Dillon Tate, who gave up Tellez’s homer in the seventh.

Tellez homered against his former team in all three games of the series. His only other homer this season came April 11 against Texas.

Arozarena slid into the wall in the left field corner to retire Andrés Giménez for the final out of the second as Toronto left the bases loaded.

Raleigh has 10 home runs in 21 career games against the Blue Jays, including seven in 11 games in Toronto.

Mariners: Seattle had not named a starter for Tuesday’s game at Boston.

Blue Jays: RHP Kevin Gausman (2-1, 2.49) is scheduled to start at Houston on Monday against RHP Hunter Brown (2-1, 1.50).

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Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer (4) breaks his bat on a ground out against the Seattle Mariners in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Paxton Schultz throws to a Seattle Mariners batter in the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Paxton Schultz throws to a Seattle Mariners batter in the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr (27) hits a single to load the bases against the Seattle Mariners in the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Seattle Mariners left fielder Randy Arozarena (56) catches a fly ball off the bat of Toronto Blue Jays' Andres Gimenez, not pictured, in the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette (11) throws to first base after forcing out Seattle Mariners' Luke Raley (20) in the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodriguez (44) slides safely into second base ahead of a tag by Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette (11) after a throwing error on a dropped third strike in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Will Wagner (7) throws to first base to put out Seattle Mariners' Ben Williamson in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Seattle Mariners left fielder Randy Arozarena (56) catches a fly ball off the bat of Toronto Blue Jays' Andres Gimenez, not pictured, in the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

Seattle Mariners' Julio Rodriguez (44) slides safely into second base ahead of a tag by Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette (11) after a throwing error on a dropped third strike in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

U.S. bobsledder Kris Horn survived a frightening ride down the track in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday, after his three teammates failed to make it into the four-man sled at the start of a World Cup race.

Horn, the driver, got in first, as is common in bobsled. But his three teammates — Ryan Rager, Hunter Powell and Caleb Furnell — all had trouble getting in, leaving Horn to navigate the course with no other weight in the sled and nobody to pull the brakes at the bottom.

Rager appeared to be the first to stumble, and the domino effect took over from there. Powell appeared to get thrown somewhat violently toward the track wall, hitting his back on the hardpacked icy surface after he couldn't get into the sled, and Furnell couldn't make his way into his spot either. None of the U.S. sliders suffered serious injuries and all X-rays taken came back negative, the team said.

“A little sore,” Powell told The Associated Press. “I should be fine in a couple days.”

Without any weight in the sled, Horn basically careened down the track but still reached a speed of around 75 mph (120 kph) during the run that lasted just over a minute. Horn drove the sled across the finish line, then had the presence of mind to scoot toward the back of the sled and pull the brake handles.

Athletes and coaches from several different national teams rushed to the finish line to ensure that Horn was fine as the sled skidded to a stop; some simply shook his hand and nodded their heads in disbelief. Horn — whose start in bobsledding was as a brakeman, so he knew what to do — waved to the nearby television cameras to show he was OK.

“We are fortunate it wasn't worse,” USA Bobsled head coach Chris Fogt said in a text message.

It was a rough weekend for Horn, who also crashed out of the two-man World Cup race on Saturday. His brakeman for that race, Carsten Vissering, suffered abrasions and was unable to compete on Sunday in the four-man. Rager took Vissering's spot on the four-man sled.

There is one World Cup race weekend left before USA Bobsled and Skeleton picks its team for next month's Milan Cortina Olympics. Horn is expected to be named to the team as one of the men's bobsled drivers, along with Frank Del Duca.

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Kristopher Horn/ Carsten Vissering of the USA in action during the Men's 2-Bob World Cup, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Mayk Wendt/Keystone via AP)