Mariners rout Blue Jays, take 2-0 ALCS lead
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The last time a team fell down 2-0 at home in a seven-game series and came back to win was 2 1/2 years before Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was born. That was in the 1996 World Series, when the Yankees recovered to beat the Braves.
ALDS Game 5 will be remembered forever in the Pacific Northwest for reasons too numerous to count. Jorge Polanco’s series-winning, demon-shushing, walk-off single in the 15th inning certainly takes the cake. But Humpy’s moment of glory, which provided an understandably exhausted crowd with a galvanizing burst of energy, has made waves as well.
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).
If all goes perfectly for the Mariners, Bryan Woo wouldn’t have to pitch in the ALCS, with George Kirby tabbed to start Game 3 on Wednesday and Luis Castillo already announced as Seattle’s Game 4 starter.
The backup to MVP catcher Cal Raleigh has been 2 postseasons ago exactly where Seattle is now, up 2-0 in the ALCS after 2 road wins.
"Foul Territory" co-host Scott Braun shares how an edge the Seattle Mariners have over the Blue Jays has stood out in the first two games of the ALCS.
Logan Gilbert only covered three innings, was tagged for some loud contact and saw the Mariners’ three-run lead in the first evaporate quickly, all in a hostile road environment. In those tense moments during Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night,
Mariners second baseman Jorge Polanco is on an incredible heater at the right time. Seattle demolished the Blue Jays 10-3 in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series Monday, extending their lead to 2-0 as they move two wins away from the World Series.