SEATTLE – The Seattle Mariners were six outs away from a demoralizing third straight loss that would have put their backs against the wall in this American League Championship Series.

Then came a pair of swings that will go down in Mariners lore.

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Cal Raleigh led off the eighth inning with a game-tying solo home run, Eugenio Suárez blasted a tiebreaking grand slam later in the frame and the Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 in Game 5 of the ALCS to take a 3-2 series lead that places them on the doorstep of their first-ever World Series berth.

After the game, MLB Network’s Jon Morosi contextualized the gravity of the moment in his postgame reaction video for Seattle Sports.

“In the midst of a month the likes of whi

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