Eugenio Suárez rounds the bases after hitting one of the biggest home runs in Seattle Mariners history. David J. Phillip/AP

It is no exaggeration to say the most important swing of the bat by a Mariner in 30 years happened on Friday night.

Eugenio Suárez approached the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning with the score tied at two each. Moments later, he hit just the second grand slam in franchise postseason history to give Seattle a 6-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays and put the Mariners closer to the World Series than they have ever been.

“I’ve been waiting for games like this my whole career,” said Suárez in an emotional postgame press conference to which he brought his two daughters.

“Today I had it. Today I had it in front of our crowd, in front of my family – my two d

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