So much for the Seattle Mariners getting a slow start after that 15-inning marathon in ALDS Game 5. Instead, the Mariners took Game 1 of the ALCS over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, a 3-1 win ( box score ). Cal Raleigh homered and Jorge Polanco drove in the other two runs, while Seattle pitching allowed just a leadoff home run to George Springer.

Julio Rodríguez authored another epic October moment on Monday afternoon and gave the Mariners a tone-setting lead early in their eventual 10-3 win in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series.

In what became a battle of two teams that refused to lose, it was only fitting that the American League Division Series would be a fight to the bitter end. The

Historically, teams that take a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven have gone on to win the series 87% of the time. Games 3-5 will be played at T-Mobile Park, where the Mariners went 51-30 this season (39-42 on the road).

T ORONTO -- Every so often in the Seattle Mariners clubhouse, the "Top Gun Anthem," full of soaring guitar notes and pick-me-up vibes, will randomly blast from inside a locker. Everyone knows the culprit. Jorge Polanco, the Mariners' veteran second baseman, is not a fan of silencing his phone.

The host Mariners defeated the Tigers in 15 innings to win the ALDS and advance to an ALCS matchup with the Blue Jays.

The Seattle Mariners continue to be the Cinderella team in the MLB playoffs, and Cal Raleigh's girlfriend Hannah Shimek was feeling good.

Dan Wilson shared a locker room with Mariners greats during his playing career. Now, he's managing a team that's electrifying Seattle and might go all the way.