Is Monday a must-win Game 2 for the Blue Jays in their best-of-seven ALCS with the Seattle Mariners? Article content

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But unlike hockey and basketball, where seven-game series drag on for a couple of weeks, baseball hits you rapid-fire. With a game every day, other than for travel, it can be over in a hurry if a team hits even a short slump.

So yes, there was some definite urgency on Monday as the Jays prepared to even up the series before a long trip west for Games 3-5 in Seattle later in the week.

The playoff math also is rather pointed in the significance of the team with the home-field advantage not getting swept in Games 1 and 2.

Teams to take a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven MLB playoff series have gone on to win 78 of 93 times (83.

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