SEATTLE — Decades from now, an entire city — an entire Pacific Northwest region — will remember where they stood when Jorge Polanco delivered the momentous swing that sent the Seattle Mariners to their first American League Championship Series in 24 years.

Few nights at T-Mobile Park have embodied the soul of baseball like this — the dominant starting pitching, the dramatic home runs, the game-tying base hits that can send crowds into bedlam and the walk-offs that are etched in history books. This game had all of the above, an instant classic that propelled a franchise starved for postseason success to a stage unseen in a generation. The Mariners are now eight wins away from capturing its World Series dream.

Friday night’s winner-take-all Game 5 of the American League Division Series (AL

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