SEATTLE -- Bryan Woo paced the outfield grass and toward the home bullpen at T-Mobile Park in the middle of the third inning on Wednesday night, head down and intensity high.

The Mariners’ electric right-hander spent the rest of Game 3 of the American League Championship Series among his reliever teammates beyond left field, but never wound up entering Seattle’s 13-4 loss to the Blue Jays.

That was apparently by design, as Mariners manager Dan Wilson said postgame that Woo was sent out there more to get adjusted to the bullpen surroundings in case he finds himself pitching in relief.

“A good chance for him tonight to just get out there and get acclimated in case that's a place where he comes out of later in the series,” Wilson said. “So a chance to just get comfortable out there and

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