TORONTO -- Cal Raleigh continued his Toronto torment and Jorge Polanco came back for an epic curtain call as the Mariners grinded through a gritty 3-1 win over the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday night.

With it, they are just three wins away from their first World Series in franchise history -- and they’ll now have home-field advantage over the rest of this best-of-seven bout.

"We've talked about just how resilient these guys are,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said, “and tonight was one of those instances again.”

Raleigh dug out and demolished a 420-foot solo homer on a full-count splitter from Kevin Gausman with two outs in the sixth inning. Then, after Julio Rodríguez drew a walk and ended Gausman’s outing, Raleigh advanced to second on

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