TORONTO (Interstat) — Dylan Cease struck out eight over six innings and George Springer had four hits, including a home run, as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 8-1 on Friday at Rogers Centre.

Toronto answered Seattle’s lead-off homer by Dominic Canzone with three runs in the first inning. Kazuma Okamoto homered in the sixth and drove in three runs, Nathan Lukes added a solo shot in the fifth, and Springer connected in the fifth as well. The Blue Jays finished with 11 hits; the Mariners had five. Toronto scored two in the seventh to cap the scoring.

Cease allowed four hits and one earned run to improve to 9-5. Emerson Hancock took the loss, falling to 7-8 after giving up five earned runs over five innings. Michael Rucker added two innings of relief and allowed two earned runs.

Attendance was 41,910, and the game lasted 2:32. Toronto improved to 66-71, while Seattle dropped to 64-71.