Game 1 of the first ALCS to open up in Toronto since 1992 went the same way the last one did — a Blue Jays loss.

That time, the Jays fell 4-3 to the powerhouse Oakland A’s, but wound up winning the series in six games. This time, it was a 3-1 loss to the travel-weary, sleep-deprived Seattle Mariners.

How this series finishes up is anyone’s guess, but it sure feels like there was a golden opportunity for the home side to jump out front and they couldn’t make it happen.

Brendon Little is going to get a lot of blame for this, but the loss is not on the left-handed reliever who took over from Kevin Gausman with two out in the sixth, wild-pitched a runner to second then allowed the go-ahead RBI single to Jorge Polanco.

That’s not to say Little, who is an adventure on the mound far more ofte

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