Mariners one win from World Series after late-game ALCS heroics shake Seattle

Adam Jude, The Seattle Times on Oct 17, 2025

Published in Baseball

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SEATTLE — Not since Boeing’s first plane took off from Lake Union 109 years ago has a flight had so many people in Seattle collectively holding their breath for so long.

The ball Cal Raleigh launched into the stratosphere at 5:48 p.m. Friday leading off the bottom of the eighth inning hung in the air for 6.7 seconds. It might as well have been an eternity, extending the angst and anxiety of a fan base that knows both as well as any.

When Raleigh’s home run landed just over the wall in left field, it not only tied the score, at 2-2, it gave the Mariners and their fans renewed hope that this magical season could continue.

And then Eugenio Suárez turned that belief into something tangible.

Twelve minutes after Raleigh’s solo homer, Suárez hit a grand slam off Toronto’s Seranthony Domínguez to move the Mariners closer to the World Series than they’ve ever been with a miraculous 6-2 come-from-behind victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 5 of this American League Championship Series.

T-Mobile Park has never been so loud, and the 46,758 changed “Ge-no! Ge-no!” as Suárez rounded the bases following the biggest home run of his 12-year career.

The Mariners lead the ALCS 3-2 and can clinch their first World Series berth as early as Sunday in Toronto.

Game 7 would be Monday in Toronto, if necessary.