SEATTLE -- In a season full of MVP moments for Cal Raleigh , the Mariners’ catcher might have authored his most epic yet. And just a few minutes later, Eugenio Suárez ensured that he’ll never buy a drink in this town again.

With Seattle on the ropes Friday in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, its all-world catcher crushed a sky-high, game-tying solo homer to lead off the eighth inning. Then, its fan-favorite third baseman upped the ante with a punctuating grand slam, as both sluggers lifted the Mariners to a 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays at T-Mobile Park that has them on the cusp of advancing past this best-of-seven round.

Yes, the Seattle Mariners are one win away from the World Series -- a sentence that has never been said in the 49 years of this franchise’s exi

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