The Mariners silenced the Blue Jays after an early homer in ALCS Game 1
TORONTO – Cal rally was back, Jorge Polanco led off the go-ahead run with a single in the sixth inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Sunday night as they returned to the AL Championship Series for the first time in 24 years.
George Springer homered in on the first pitch off Bryce Miller, who then escaped a two-out jam in a 27-pitch first inning.
Anthony Santander singled in the second inning with Toronto’s only other hit, and Seattle’s pitchers retired 23 of the Blue Jays’ final 24 hitters as Miller, Gabe Speier, Matt Brach and Andres Muñoz combined to throw just 100 pitches.
Raleigh, who led the major leagues with 60 homers, tied the score for sixth with his ninth homer in 14 games at Rogers Center. Kevin Gausman had held hitters to 0-for-16 on singles in the postseason before Raleigh’s homer.
Polanco hit a go-ahead single later in the inning and added an RBI single in the eighth.
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