King Felix silences invaders to his court

SEATTLE — The King’s Court was the smallest Felix Hernandez had ever seen it. A sea of Toronto blue pushed it into just one small yellow triangle crammed behind the left-field foul pole. The King didn’t like that.

“That was unbelievable,” Hernandez said. “But you know what, it’s still my house.”

So when Hernandez left the Safeco Field mound after shutting down the Blue Jays’ offense for seven innings, that’s what he yelled: This is my house.

Hernandez’s performance set the tone in the Mariners’ 2-1 win in 12 innings over Toronto on Wednesday. He scattered two hits against a team that had scored 10 runs on 14 knocks the night before. Hernandez’s dominant outing helped the Mariners evade a three-game sweep and improve to two games out of the second American League Wild Card spot, as Baltimore lost to Boston on Wednesday night.

“Felix really stepped up his game,” manager Scott Servais said. “Got the breaking ball going, was ahead in the count for the most part and really threw the ball really well.”

Toronto fans had come down in charter bus-loads to watch the Blue Jays play a three-game series in Seattle. Hernandez watched them take over the Mariners’ ballpark for two days. The …

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