Three nights after one of the most ebullient wins in Seattle Mariners history, they suffered one of the toughest losses of their 49 MLB seasons.

Heartbreak: Seattle Mariners sunk by Blue Jays in ALCS Game 7

A three-run George Springer home run turned a two-run Mariners lead in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series into a 4-3 Toronto advantage that the Blue Jays would hold to move onto the World Series .

The Mariners came back to win Game 5 after a go-ahead grand slam by Eugenio Suárez on Friday night, and they were just eight outs away from clinching their first World Series appearance ever before Springer’s homer. But now, the next date on their calendar is spring training four months away.

Cal Raleigh, catcher

On coming up one win short of reaching the World Series:

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