SEATTLE -- It wasn't the vintage Felix Hernandez of old. More like the older Felix Hernandez of now.
But on a night when he was fighting to keep his spot in the rotation of the only team he's pitched for in a sterling 14-year Major League career, the veteran right-hander did what the Mariners asked.
He kept them in the game and gave them a chance to win with five innings of two-run ball, though that formula went south when Kendrys Morales and Aledmys Diaz launched two-run homers off the Mariners' bullpen as the Blue Jays pulled out a 7-3 victory in Thursday night's series opener at Safeco Field.