TORONTO - Kyle Seager homered and Seattle starter Erasmo Ramirez earned his first major-league win as the Mariners defeated Toronto 4-3 on Tuesday to end the Blue Jays' four-game winning streak.

Seager, who also doubled and singled, hit his 18th homer of the year in the fifth inning off Brandon Morrow (8-6), who worked four-plus innings for Toronto (64-76).

Ramirez (1-2) was steady throughout, allowing two earned runs and seven hits over seven innings. Tom Wilhelmsen recorded the last three outs for his 25th save in front of a season-low Rogers Centre crowd of 12,935.

Seattle (68-74) had 14 hits on the night and got to Morrow early with the first three hitters reaching base.

Leadoff man Dustin Ackley doubled and moved to third on a Franklin Gutierrez single. Seager singled to bring Ackley across with the game's first run.

After a force out and a walk, Michael Saunders of Victoria lashed a single to left that allowed Gutierrez to score easily. Jaso tested the arm of Rajai Davis on the play but the Jays' left fielder fired a perfect throw to catcher J.P. Arencibia for the out.

The Blue Jays answered with a run in the bottom half of the frame.

Colby Rasmus reached on an infield single and Adam Lind's flare to shallow left dropped in for a hit. Yunel Escobar hit a two-out single that scored Rasmus but Lind was thrown out at third base to end the inning.

Both teams added singles runs in the third inning.

Seager hit a one-out double, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored when Jaso hit a hot shot that was too much for Jays second baseman Kelly Johnson to handle. Davis later picked up his second assist of the game by throwing out Jaso at third base.

In the bottom half, Toronto rookie Anthony Gose singled and moved to third on a single by Brett Lawrie of Langley, B.C. Gose scored easily when Rasmus hit a sacrifice fly to right field.

Escobar doubled to lead off the fourth inning but Ramirez got a strikeout, fly out and grounder to preserve the one-run lead.

Seattle put runners on the corners with one out in the sixth but reliever Brett Cecil got out of the jam when Gutierrez grounded into a double play. Toronto stranded two runners in the seventh inning when Lawrie flew out to centre field.

The Blue Jays made it a one-run game in the eighth inning. Rasmus hit a ground-rule double, moved to third on a sacrifice fly from Edwin Encarnacion and scored when pinch-hitter Moises Sierra hit a high chopper to second base.

Toronto had the tying run in scoring position in the ninth but Gose grounded out to end the game.

The Blue Jays had eight hits on the night.

Notes: On-field tributes were held around the major leagues Tuesday on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Ballcaps had American flag patches embroidered on the side with the Blue Jays adding the Maple Leaf on the other side. Damien Walsh sang the national anthems and Len Stadler — also with Toronto Fire Services — threw out the ceremonial first pitch. ... Gutierrez committed a rare error in the seventh inning when he dropped a fly ball in centre field. That ended his American League-record streak of consecutive errorless chances by an outfielder at 846. Darren Lewis holds the major league record (938). ...The game was the opener of a six-game road trip for the Mariners, who had their three-game losing skid come to an end. ... The Blue Jays have a 189-170 edge in all-time meetings with their expansion cousins. ... Seattle right-fielder Eric Thames returned to Toronto for the first time since the Jays traded him to the Mariners on July 30. He was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts. ... Left-hander Ricky Romero (8-13) is scheduled to start for the Jays on Wednesday night against right-hander Kevin Millwood (5-12). ... Right-handers Felix Hernandez (13-7) and Henderson Alvarez (8-12) are the scheduled starters for the finale of the three-game set on Thursday night.

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