Overview
- Bryce Miller, starting on three days’ rest, held Toronto to two hits and one run over six innings as Andrés Muñoz closed a three-up, three-down ninth.
- Cal Raleigh tied the game with a sixth-inning homer before Jorge Polanco singled in Julio Rodríguez for the lead and added an insurance RBI in the eighth.
- Randy Arozarena drew a walk and stole second and third to set up Seattle’s third run, underscoring the Mariners’ opportunistic offense.
- George Springer opened with a first-pitch leadoff homer—the first postseason leadoff shot in Blue Jays history—but Toronto mustered only two hits the rest of the night.
- Seattle leads the best-of-seven 1-0 with Game 2 on Monday in Toronto, where rookie Trey Yesavage is slated to start for the Blue Jays after the club added Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt to its ALCS roster; shortstop Bo Bichette remains out.