TORONTO — George Springer did his best to set the early tone for the American League Championship Series on Sunday.

It would be the lone offensive spark on a disappointing night for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Springer hit a leadoff homer off Bryce Miller but the Seattle Mariners shut down the Blue Jays from there in a 3-1 victory at Rogers Centre.

“I thought we took some good swings and hit some balls at people a little bit,” said Toronto manager John Schneider. “(We) didn’t have a whole lot of batted ball luck, if you want to call it that.”

Cal Raleigh hit a game-tying homer in the sixth inning and Jorge Polanco had a pair of RBI singles to help the Mariners strike first in the best-of-seven series.

Game 2 was scheduled for Monday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

“This is going to be a hard-

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