ALCS Blue Jays Mariners Baseball Seattle Mariners' Eugenio Suárez holds the trident after hitting a grand slam home run during the eighth inning in Game 5 of baseball's American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
ALCS Blue Jays Mariners Baseball Seattle Mariners' Eugenio Suárez rounds the bases after hitting a grand slam home run during the eighth inning in Game 5 of baseball's American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
APTOPIX ALCS Blue Jays Mariners Baseball Seattle Mariners' Eugenio Suárez celebrates after hitting a grand slam home run during the eighth inning in Game 5 of baseball's American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
APTOPIX ALCS Blue Jays Mariners Baseball Seattle Mariners' Eugenio Suárez celebrates after hitting a grand slam home run during the eighth inning in Game 5 of baseball's American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) (David J. Phillip/AP)
SEATTLE (AP) — Eugenio Suárez hit a go-ahead grand slam after Cal Raleigh’s tying drive in a five-run eighth inning, giving the Seattle Mariners a 6-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday and a 3-2 lead in the American League Championship Series.
Suárez also homered in the second inning for Seattle’s first run. The Mariners became the first home team to win in the series and moved within a victory of the first World Series trip for a franchise that started play in 1977.
Game 6 is at Toronto on Sunday night.
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