The Mariners’ next game will be the first of its kind.

Seattle had hoped that would mean World Series. Instead, it means the franchise’s first Game 7.

The Mariners dug themselves into a hole and then threw away ladder, leaving seven runners on base over three consecutive inning-ending double plays. The first two came with the bases loaded, and all came on the swings of some of the team’s most reliable hitters.

The Mariners committed three errors on Sunday, nearly accounting for the entire margin of their 6-2 loss to Toronto.

What seems like an easy win by Toronto in fact came down to a matter of feet.

Just a few more feet on a Leo Rivas single that bounced off the top of the right field wall. A few feet to the left on Cal Raleigh’s grounder that shot 100.5 mph off the bat, but skipped

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