Their champagne remains on ice.

Their ticket to the American League Championship Series (ALCS) remains unpunched.

Their dream lives — but for how long?

The Seattle Mariners entered Wednesday’s ALDS Game 4 with the league championship series in their sights for the first time since 2001. They stormed to an early, 3-0 lead over the Detroit Tigers behind four scoreless innings from right-hander Bryce Miller, silencing a Comerica Park crowd that could sense elimination.

The stars have aligned at every step of the way in this magical Mariners season. Their starting rotation answered the call as one of the league’s best. Their bullpen is one of baseball’s nastiest. And their catcher has been superhuman, a home run-hitting machine with 60 blasts and zero passed balls. But for as improbable as

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