![]() Adam Frazier scored.Īnd Toronto endured a gut punch that would send it into winter. ![]() All-Stars Bo Bichette and George Springer converged, both dove, desperately, and came up empty.īichette and Springer stayed down, Springer to leave the game. Crawford served a ball into shallow center field, right into the dreaded triangle between multiple defenders. Romano gave up a hit to load the bases then recorded two strikeouts, looking for a moment like he might maintain this 9-6 lead. It was 8-5, and suddenly quite intriguing given the Mariners’ bullpen superiority once you get past Toronto’s All-Star closer, Jordan Romano.īut the ravenous Mariners forced the Blue Jays’ hand even sooner, strafing reliever Brian Bass for three hits to start the eighth inning and forcing the Jays to insert Romano in the eighth, hoping for a six-out save. Then, simply, the 2022 Mariners happened.Ĭarlos Santana, batting from the right side, banged a three-run homer off lefty reliever Dominic Mayza to highlight a six-run sixth. But after the return of former Blue Jay Robbie Ray turned disastrous – the Mariners’ $115 million signing gave up a pair of booming home runs to Teoscar Hernandez – the Mariners faced an 8-1 deficit after five innings.Ī decisive Game 3 Sunday at Rogers Centre loomed. These Mariners disarmed them quickly, striking for three runs in the first inning and winning Friday’s Game 1. It also earned them a trip to Toronto, a veritable baseball madhouse when the Blue Jays are playing well. 5 seed, which meant they would have qualified even as a second wild card in the old format. This year, though, the Mariners rallied for 90 wins and a spot in Major League Baseball’s playoffs. What followed were two decades of baseball darkness – a handful of solid Mariners teams simply not good enough to make the postseason, but mostly ill-fated signings, bad trades, uninspired managerial hires, a series of at times bumbling and only occasionally competent management. NEVER MISS A MOMENT: Follow our sports newsletter for daily updates SCHEDULE: MLB's 2022 postseason schedule and results The details? We’ll get to those, as they are remarkable.īut the upshot is more delicious for Seattle fans: Next Saturday, the Mariners will host the Houston Astros in Game 3 of the American League Division Series, the first postseason game at what’s now T-Mobile Park since the beloved, 116-win 2001 Mariners lost Game 2 of the AL Championship Series on Oct. The Mariners escaped Toronto’s Rogers Centre and their best-of-three wild card series against the dangerous Blue Jays by erasing a seven-run deficit – just the third team in playoff history to do so – and pushing the winning run across in the top of the ninth to deliver a stunning, 10-9 victory to sweep the series and eventually send the lads back to the Northwest to play in front of a thirsty hometown crowd. It took a historic comeback, a well-placed bloop and an awful lot of belief to make it happen. Toronto Blue Jays / Twitter OFFICIAL: We've acquired C Tyler Heineman from the Pirates in exchange for INF Vinny Capra.Watch Video: Everything you need to know about MLB's new expanded wild card, postseasonĪfter a 21-year absence, postseason baseball will be contested in Seattle. ![]() tvThursday, September 14 Time ETGameTV12:35pNationals – PiratesMLB. tvWednesday, September 13 Time ETGameTV1:10pRays – TwinsMLB. tvTuesday, September 12 Time ETGameTV6:35pCardinals – OriolesMLB. tvFriday, August 25 Time ETGameTV6:40pNationals – MarlinsMLB. tvThursday, August 24 Time ETGameTV1:05pNationals – YankeesMLB. tvFriday, September 29 Time ETGameTV6:35pMarlins – PiratesMLB. tvThursday, September 28 Time ETGameTV1:10pRoyals – TigersMLB. tvWednesday, September 27 Time ETGameTV2:10pDiamondbacks – White SoxMLB. tv9:45pPadres – GiantsFS1, Fox Deportes, MLB. Toronto Pittsburgh Sun, May 7 – OriolesMLB. Toronto Blue Jays - Sportsnet NOW Live & Upcoming Tomorrow 3:00 PM. tvSaturday, August 19 Time ETGameTV1:05pRed Sox – YankeesFS1, Fox Deportes, MLB. tvSunday, May 7 Time ETGameTV11:35 amOrioles – BravesNBC, Peacock1:35pRed Sox – PhilliesMLB. tv9:40pAstros – MarinersMLB Network (JIP at 10), MLB. tv7:15pOrioles – BravesFOX7:15pRed Sox – PhilliesFOX, Fox Deportes7:15pBrewers – GiantsMLB. Tv4:10pYankees – RaysMLB Network (JIP at 5), MLB. tvSunday, October 1 Time ETGameTV3:00pNationals – BravesMLB. tv7:15ptbdFOX7:15ptbdFOX7:20pNationals – BravesMLB. tvSaturday, September 30 Time ETGameTV1:10pGuardians – TigersMLB. tvTuesday, September 26 Time ETGameTV3:10pDodgers – RockiesMLB. tvMonday, September 25 Time ETGameTV7:40pDiamondbacks – White SoxMLB. tvSunday, June 4 Time ETGameTV11:35 amCardinals – PiratesPeacock1:35pRays – Red SoxMLB. tv10:10pCubs – PadresFS1, Fox Deportes, MLB.
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