Sometimes in baseball, all it takes is one decision for the game to fall apart.

The Toronto Blue Jays learned that the hard way in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 5 of the ALCS against the Seattle Mariners.

Coming into the frame with a 2-1 lead, the Blue Jays looked to be in solid position to escape Seattle with three-straight wins and a 3-2 series lead.

Instead, a homer from Cal Raleigh and a massive grand slam from Eugenio Suarez lit up the Mariners fans and silenced the otherwise loud group of Blue Jays fans in the crowd at T-Mobile Park.

It started at the outset of the frame, as manager John Schneider opted to turn to Brendon Little over the usual end-of-game arms in Seranthony Dominguez or Jeff Hoffman — a bold choice against the heart of the Mariners’ lineup, featuring gu

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