SEATTLE (AP) – Mariners manager Lou Piniella plans to do some studying this week before his pitchers face the Blue Jays again.

Seattle had won a franchise-high nine straight series to open the season before dropping two of three games to Toronto.

"It was probably our worst game of the year," Piniella said. "We're going to have to look at films before we face Toronto again. They feasted on us this weekend and hit us better than any team we have faced this year."

The teams start a three-game series Friday in Toronto.

Fletcher had his eighth career multihomer game, while Raul Mondesi, Tony Batista, and Brad Fullmer also went deep for Toronto.

Fletcher entered Sunday hitting .189 with zero homers.

"I'm thankful to get that first one out of my way," Fletcher said. "I'm also relieved. It took 31 games, so now I have some catching up to do."

He went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs.

"It was good to see Darrin break out today," Blue Jays manager Buck Martinez said. "I sensed that he was getting close. We need him to produce. He's a big part of our offense."

Chris Carpenter (3-1) allowed six hits and three runs in six innings to win his second straight start.

"His fastball was a little inconsistent, but he could throw the curveball for a strike at will," Fletcher said. "(Bret) Boone was the only one who did a lot for them today and he just reached out and hit the ball well."

Boone hit two homers off Carpenter.

Toronto scored four unearned runs in the third inning – Seattle had allowed five unearned runs in 30 games before Sunday.

Mariners starter John Halama (2-3) had retired the first eight batters he faced before Jeff Frye reached on an error by third baseman Mark McLemore. Shannon Stewart singled, and Alex Gonzalez followed with an RBI single.

Mondesi made it 4-0 with his ninth homer of the season, a three-run shot to left.

"He's a pitcher's nightmare," Martinez said. "He's a legitimate threat every time he comes to the plate. No one can overlook him."

Seattle responded with two runs in its half of the third when Boone and Tom Lampkin hit back-to-back homers off Carpenter.

Fletcher's first homer made it 5-2 in the fourth.

Halama allowed five runs, one earned, and seven hits over five innings. He didn't walk a batter.

Ryan Franklin relieved Halama to start the sixth inning, and the first batter he faced, Batista, hit his ninth homer of the season to make it 6-2.

Franklin allowed the Blue Jays' seventh run to score on a wild pitch, then gave up two-run homers to Fullmer and Fletcher.

"We didn't pitch particularly well this weekend," Piniella said. "They scored 24 runs in three days. It's hard to beat teams when you give up that many runs."

Game notes
Seattle OF Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a first-inning single, and has hit safely in 29 of 31 games this season. ... Mondesi went 7-for-12 with three homers and nine RBI in the series. He also scored six runs. ... Carpenter has allowed three homers in a game six times in his career. ... All nine Blue Jays starters had a hit and scored. ... It's the fifth time in franchise history that Toronto has homered five times in a game, and each time the Blue Jays have been on the road. ... With two errors Sunday, the Mariners have 10 in their last 10 games. ... The Mariners were the last team in the majors to allow 10 runs in a game. ... Seattle had not allowed more than two homers in a game during the season's opening 30 games. ... The teams' combined eight homers is the most in a game at Safeco Field. Two games there in 2000 had six homers.

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