TORONTO — Before Game 1 of the ALCS, Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider said his team had to be aware of where Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh was at all times.

Well, at the end of the game Sunday night, Raleigh was dancing on the Rogers Centre infield with a bunch of his teammates, and up 1-0 in this best-of-seven series.

It was the Mariners backstop — author of an MLB-leading 60 home runs in the regular season — who also keyed up his team’s offence in this opening win on the road, and effectively ended what was, until the sixth inning, a fantastic outing by Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman.

In the top of the sixth with two out and his team trailing 1-0, Raleigh strode to the plate and blasted a 420-feet moon shot into the right-field bleachers. It not only tied the game up,

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