SEATTLE – At long last, the Emerald City has a reason to roar in the American League Championship Series. After two flat performances on their home turf, the Mariners finally delivered one for the T-Mobile Park faithful.

With Seattle down to its final six outs, Cal Raleigh launched a game-tying solo home run and Eugenio Suárez got out the rye bread and mustard with an opposite-field grand slam, fueling Seattle’s 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays in Friday’s Game 5.

The Mariners not only notched their first home ALCS victory since 2000, but they have regained control of this heavyweight matchup, now standing one win from the first World Series appearance in franchise history.

Raleigh’s homer came on the third pitch he saw from Brendon Little, a 93.5 mph sinker that the switch-hitting

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