Bichette and Barger propel Blue Jays to 6-3 comeback win over Mariners

SEATTLE (AP) — Addison Barger hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 6-3 on Saturday night.

Bo Bichette's two-run homer in the fifth began Toronto's comeback. Barger tied it at 3 with an RBI groundout in the sixth, and Alejandro Kirk finished with four hits.

Myles Straw provided insurance with a two-run single off Carlos Vargas (1-2) in the eighth.

Mason Fluharty (3-0) worked 1 1/3 perfect innings and Jeff Hoffman struck out all three batters in the ninth for his ninth save.

Barger also had two RBIs — and three doubles — in Friday night's 6-3 victory by the Blue Jays, who have won three in a row following a four-game skid.

Rowdy Tellez hit a solo homer for the Mariners in the second. Randy Arozarena had an RBI double in the fourth, and Leody Taveras added a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.

Toronto starter Bowden Francis allowed three runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked one.

Logan Evans gave up three runs and five hits over five innings for Seattle.

With the score tied at 3 in the seventh, Seattle had runners at the corners when Fluharty entered and retired J.P. Crawford on a flyball to end the inning.

Crawford went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts, ending his hitting streak at a career-best 16 games. It had been the longest active streak in the majors.

Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller (2-3, 4.15 ERA) starts Sunday against RHP José Ureña (0-0, 8.59) in the series finale.

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Seattle Mariners right fielder Leody Taveras leaps but is unable to catch the home run hit by Toronto Blue Jays' Bo Bichette during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer rounds third on his way to score against the Seattle Mariners during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Toronto Blue Jays' Ernie Clement (22) celebrates with Addison Barger, right, after scoring against the Seattle Mariners during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Toronto Blue Jays' Myles Straw hits a two RBI single against the Seattle Mariners during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)w

Toronto Blue Jays' Addison Barger hits an RBI single against the Seattle Mariners during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)