TORONTO – In October, every pitch, swing, play and decision is heightened everywhere. On the field, in the dugout, in the game-planning meetings pregame and, more than any time or any other place, after the game is played out and the result of all those decisions are final.

Such was the case on Friday night in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, with Toronto manager John Schneider’s decision to turn to lefty reliever Brendon Little in the eighth inning with a one-run lead backfired when Cal Raleigh and Eugenio Suárez etched themselves into Seattle baseball lore .

But enough about Friday night. The Blue Jays have to move on to Game 6 on Sunday – because their season is on the line, down 3-2 as the ALCS shifts back to Toronto. They have to win two games in a row to rea

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