Suárez's clutch slam leaves M's one win from WS

SEATTLE -- Eugenio Suarez deed a go-ahead expansive slam aft Cal Raleigh's tying thrust successful a five-run eighth inning, giving the Seattle Mariners a 6-2 win implicit the Toronto Blue Jays connected Friday and a 3-2 pb successful the American League Championship Series.

Suárez besides homered successful the 2nd inning for Seattle's archetypal run. The Mariners became the archetypal location squad to triumph successful the bid and moved wrong a triumph of the archetypal World Series travel for a franchise that started play successful 1977.

Game 6 is astatine Toronto connected Sunday night.

Raleigh, a switch-hitting catcher who led the large leagues with 60 location runs during the regular season, was hitting right-handed for the archetypal clip successful the bid erstwhile helium led disconnected the eighth by pulling a 2-0 changeup from loser Brendon Little.

The 348-foot thrust roseate 155 feet supra the tract connected a precocious arc and had a 6.7-second bent clip earlier it dropped implicit the near tract partition 348 feet from the sheet and tied the people 2-2.

Jorge Polanco and Josh Naylor walked, and Seranthony Dominguez relieved and deed Randy Arozarena with a pitch.

Suárez fouled disconnected a 2-2 fastball, past deed an opposite-field thrust to right, and the shot landed respective rows into the seats for his 4th slam this season. Suárez, who had enactment Seattle up successful the 2nd against Kevin Gausman, entered the crippled successful a 6-for-50 slump.

Seattle's Bryce Miller was pitching shutout shot erstwhile helium was removed aft allowing Addison Barger's leadoff azygous successful the fifth, and George Springer deed an RBI treble disconnected Matt Brash.

Springer near successful the seventh erstwhile helium was deed connected the close kneecap by a 95.6 mph sinker from Bryan Woo.

Pitching for the archetypal clip since Sept. 19 aft recovering from pectoral tightness, Woo allowed Ernie Clement's go-ahead azygous successful the sixth.

Toronto wasted galore chances, going 2 for 11 with runners successful scoring position.