Toronto Blue Jays at Seattle Mariners

SEATTLE – The dominant version of Dylan Cease returned to action Friday night, and the Blue Jays had to be delighted to see that pitcher again. The right-hander put recent control struggles behind him in one of his best outings of the season in a 2-0 win over the Mariners in T-Mobile Park. It was the first rematch of the two teams from last year’s thrilling seven-game American League Championship Series. Cease, whom Toronto signed to a seven-year, $210 million contract over the winter to help them get back to the World Series, shut out Seattle over seven innings, giving up three hits, striking out nine and walking one. Five of his frames were of the 1-2-3 variety. “I thought it was just a really good outing, really,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “I thought his pace was a lot better … really the whole time without shaking and being on the same page as \[catcher Alejandro Kirk\