SEATTLE (AP) — Logan Gilbert gave up one hit and struck out seven in 7 1/3 innings, Randy Arozarena hit a grand slam, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-0 on Saturday.
Cal Raleigh and Dominic Canzone also homered for the Mariners.
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Seattle Mariners' Colt Emerson scores on an RBI single from Dominic Canzone as Toronto Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela looks away during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh follows through on a three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Mariners' Randy Arozarena reacts after hitting a grand slam against the Toronto Blue Jays during the second inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Logan Gilbert lifts the trident to celebrate a win over the Toronto Blue Jays in a baseball game, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
The Mariners planned on having Gilbert and Emerson Hancock share pitching duties in Saturday’s game as part of a “piggyback” blueprint they’ve implemented this season, but they decided before the game to and have Gilbert start Saturday, with Hancock getting the ball Sunday.
Gilbert (7-5) retired his first 14 batters before Yohendrik Piñango blooped a single to center field with two outs in the fifth inning. Gilbert got the next eight hitters out before being removed at 91 pitches. He did not walk a batter.
He got all the run support he’d need when the Mariners sent nine to the plate against Blue Jays starter Shane Bieber (0-1) in a five-run second inning.
Bieber retired the first two hitters, but Cole Young doubled and Victor Robles singled him in to give Seattle a 1-0 lead. Colt Emerson followed with a single and J.P. Crawford walked to load the bases before Arozarena's ninth homer of the year.
Bieber, who was making his third start of the season after being out until late June with right elbow inflammation, pitched into the fifth inning but departed after giving up a two-run homer to Canzone. He gave up seven runs on six hits.
Blue Jays reliever Adam Macko allowed three hits and a run in the sixth inning before being replaced by Tommy Nance, who promptly surrendered a three-run homer to Raleigh.
Blue Jays outfielder Myles Straw threw a perfect bottom of the eighth with pitches that ranged between 38 mph and 61 mph.
The teams meet in the series finale Sunday, with Toronto RHP Trey Yesavage (4-3, 3.34) taking on Seattle RHP Emerson Hancock (5-4, 3.47).
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Seattle Mariners' Colt Emerson scores on an RBI single from Dominic Canzone as Toronto Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela looks away during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh follows through on a three-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Mariners' Randy Arozarena reacts after hitting a grand slam against the Toronto Blue Jays during the second inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Logan Gilbert lifts the trident to celebrate a win over the Toronto Blue Jays in a baseball game, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kylian Mbappé scored his 19th career World Cup goal, and France survived stifling heat to beat Paraguay 1-0 on Saturday, sending Les Bleus into the quarterfinals for the fourth straight time.
France advanced to play Morocco on Thursday in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
With an extreme heat warning in effect throughout the match as temperatures hovered around 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius), Mbappé finally broke through against a physical, defensive-minded Paraguay side when he converted a penalty kick in the 70th minute.
That was enough for Les Bleus, whose red, white and blue-clad fans looked plenty patriotic on July Fourth in Philadelphia, where the United States was founded exactly 250 years earlier.
Mbappé was awarded the penalty when Diego Gomez was called for tripping after a video review. Then he stutter-stepped on his way to his 19th goal in 19 World Cup appearances, one behind career record holder Lionel Messi of Argentina. Mbappé and Messi each have seven goals in this tournament to top the Golden Boot race.
Mbappé won that award four years ago in Qatar, but Messi and Argentina beat France in the final.
Mbappé botched a breakaway attempt in the second half, and Manu Koné had his top-corner shot knocked away by goalkeeper Orlando Gill after he was wiped out in the netting by Ousmane Dembélé only moments earlier.
Gill also stopped two strong attempts by Mbappé in second-half stoppage time.
For the criticism that hydration breaks have watered down the pace of play at the World Cup, they were never more needed for the players than on this steamy, sticky day. Sprinklers showered the Kentucky bluegrass field during the breaks and at halftime.
More than in any of the five other World Cup games played before 68,000-plus fans at Lincoln Financial Field, spectators fled for the concourse at halftime, seeking shade and refuge from the sun.
Maybe they were looking for some action of any kind.
Les Bleus scored 13 goals in the first five games of the tournament but were stymied in the first half by a Paraguay team trying to turn the match into a rock fight. Tempers flared when Andrés Cubas took down Mbappé and the teams briefly pushed and shoved each other. Matías Galarza also threw his right elbow into Mbappé and sent him crashing to the grass.
Paraguay advanced by beating Germany in a penalty shootout on Monday, the biggest upset of this World Cup. But after a gritty effort by La Albirroja, it's France that's moving on.
After defeating Croatia for the 2018 title, France lost to Argentina on penalty kicks in the 2022 final. Les Bleus are 5-0 in this year’s tournament, outscoring opponents 14-2.
The city soaked in the moment as the 250th anniversary of American independence was celebrated. More fans honored America — draped in flags or wearing Uncle Sam hats as they tailgated in the parking lot — than at any of the other games in Philadelphia, and Idina Menzel, The Roots and DJ Jazzy Jeff all performed.
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France's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring from the penalty spot the opening goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) reacts during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates his team victory at the end of the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Paraguay's Miguel Almiron (10) controls the ball as France's Desire Doue falls during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates after scoring a goal from the penalty spot during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
France's Manu Kone, center, and Paraguay's Mauricio, on the ground, gesture during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)
Fans react after France's Kylian Mbappe scored his side's opening goal against Paraguay during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring his side's opening goal against Paraguay during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
France's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring from the penalty spot the opening goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Paraguay and France in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
