The Seattle Mariners had hoped it wouldn’t come to this, but the American League Championship Series has shifted back to Toronto.

The M’s fell short of capitalizing on the 2-0 series lead they brought back to Seattle, which had afforded them a chance to close out the series on their home field. But they are still taking a 3-2 lead back Rogers Centre for Game 6 and a potential Game 7.

Drayer: It’s fitting who could send Mariners to first World Series

Beating Toronto on its home field once more won’t be an easy task, but there’s plenty of reason to believe the Mariners will get it done and reach their first-ever World Series.

Home-field disadvantage

Home-field advantage hasn’t been much of a thing when the Mariners and Blue Jays have faced off this year. Seattle took two of three when t

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