Cal Raleigh #29 of the Seattle Mariners hits a solo home run during the sixth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays in game one of the American League Championship Series at Rogers Centre on October 12, 2025 in Toronto. Photo by Mark Blinch / Getty Images

It was, in so many ways what the ratcheted stakes of baseball the deeper you go into October brings you. Article content

Tension. Drama. And on this night, anyway, not a lot of offence. Article content Article content

But man, did Game 1 of the best-of-seven ALCS between the Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners start with a bang before a sellout crowd of 44,474 at the Rogers Centre on Sunday night.

The first pitch faced by a Toronto hitter — the rejuvenated George Springer — caused an eruption under the closed roof as the Jays starte

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