The Blue Jays are running out of innings to catch the Seattle Mariners, who hold a 3-1 lead through six innings of play in Monday's high-stakes Game 7 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) unfolding at Toronto's Rogers Centre.
Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh hit a solo home run off Toronto reliever Louis Varland to start the top of the fifth inning, giving the Mariners a 3-1 lead that the Blue Jays must vault past if their season is to continue beyond tonight's game.
That's because the team that wins Game 7 will move on to the World Series. The team that loses will see its season end.
Seattle had built its lead to 2-1, after an earlier, solo home run from Seattle's Julio Rodríguez in the top of the third inning.
The Mariners had held an early lead in the first inning, but the Jays quickly answered to tie the game at 1-1 in the bottom of that same inning.
Toronto slugger George Springer got on base with a leadoff walk in the bottom of the first inning, and made it home via an RBI single from outfielder Daulton Varsho.
But no further Blue Jays ru
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