Polanco is on fire for Mariners, who are a confident, if understated bunch.

The Seattle Mariners know the job isn’t done, but Monday night’s performance was a fine way to start. Article content

The team might not have swung the bats particularly well, but the pitching, led by Bryce Miller, was fantastic, the defence superb and the end result was putting the Toronto Blue Jays in a 1-0 hole in the American League Championship Series. Article content Article content

And now they’re feeling good, though not overconfident, heading into Tuesday’s second game at Rogers Centre.

“Big opportunity,” said third baseman Eugenio Suaraz in the Mariners locker room afterward. “We don’t have to change anything. Come in here with the same mentality, try to take that second one and go to Seattle 2-0

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