SEATTLE – For a sprint like that, Alejandro Kirk needed a cooling-off period. Good thing Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grabbed a towel in the dugout to fan the man who had just scored the go-ahead run in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series on Friday at T-Mobile Park. Your browser does not support HTML5 video tag. Click here to view original asset

Facing Seattle’s Bryan Woo out of the bullpen for the first time this series as the All-Star starter returns from a pectoral injury, Kirk led off the sixth inning with a sharp double to the right-center-field wall, pushing hard for second base as right fielder Dominic Canzone fielded the ball off the wall.

Canzone in right field, rather than elite-fielding outfielder Victor Robles, is important. Because two batters later, postseason r

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