Sunday night marked a momentous occasion for the Seattle Mariners , as they played in their first ALCS game in 24 years, visiting the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre for Game 1. This Mariners squad has overcome so much adversity to get to this point, but the job is far from over, and star catcher Cal Raleigh certainly sensed the moment on Sunday.
With the Mariners going down 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning courtesy of a home run from George Springer, Seattle was forced to play from behind for most of the game. But in the top of the sixth inning, Raleigh stepped up to the plate and took Blue Jays ace Kevin Gausman deep to even up the game at 1-1. Expand Tweet
That is the very definition of a pitch being crushed. The Mariners star was all over that 86-mph splitter from Ga