TORONTO – Two nights after a 15-inning classic punched their ticket into the next round, the Mariners dug deep and found more late magic, shrugging off a cross-country flight and their weary bullpen to stun the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.

Cal Raleigh launched a game-tying home run in the sixth inning and Jorge Polanco ripped a pair of run-scoring singles, silencing a raucous Rogers Centre crowd and lifting Seattle to a 3-1 victory on Sunday evening.

Bryce Miller delivered a gritty six-inning outing on short rest, extending the Mariners’ October surge while reigniting echoes of their 2022 Wild Card Series comeback in this same park -- a message that Seattle’s hunt for its first World Series berth is gathering real momentum.

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