Playoff underdogs achieve unique baseball first

Adam Frazier deed a tiebreaking RBI treble successful the ninth inning, and the Seattle Mariners erased a seven-run shortage portion topping the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9 for a expanse of their AL wild-card bid successful the MLB playoffs.

It was the biggest roadworthy comeback triumph successful playoff past and baseball's largest comeback triumph to clinch a postseason series. Next up for resilient Seattle is Houston successful the AL Division Series.

Making the franchise's archetypal playoff quality since 2001, Seattle trailed 8-1 done 5 innings, but it tied it with 4 runs successful the eighth.

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With 2 retired and the bases loaded, J.P. Crawford deed a blooper to centre against All-Star person Jordan Romano. Centre fielder George Springer and shortstop Bo Bichette went hard aft the ball, but it landed arsenic the 2 collided. All 3 runners scored connected the double, tying it astatine 9-9.

It looked arsenic if Bichette’s close limb whacked Springer crossed the forehead. Bichette got up beauteous rapidly and stayed successful the crippled aft helium was checked connected by a trainer. A woozy Springer was helped to his feet earlier helium was carted disconnected the field.

The 33-year-old Springer, a four-time All-Star, encouraged the cheering assemblage arsenic helium was driven off.

Cal Raleigh, who deed an RBI azygous for Seattle successful the eighth, reached connected a one-out treble against Romano successful the ninth. After Mitch Haniger flied out, Frazier drove successful Raleigh with a treble to right.

Bichette walked, stole 2nd and precocious to 3rd connected a grounder successful the eighth, but Andrés Muñoz retired Alejandro Kirk to extremity the threat.

George Kirby, Seattle’s eighth pitcher of the game, handled the ninth for his archetypal vocation save. Matt Chapman walked with 1 out, but Danny Jansen struck retired and Raimel Tapia lined retired to extremity the game.

The Mariners past poured retired of their dugout and celebrated down the mound. They besides bushed Toronto 4-0 successful crippled 1 of the best-of-three bid connected Saturday.

Seattle Mariners players observe aft their bid triumph implicit Toronto. (Getty)

Toronto got disconnected to a accelerated commencement successful crippled two. Teoscar Hernández deed a two-run homer successful the 2nd and a solo thrust successful the 4th against Robbie Ray, who won the AL Cy Young Award portion pitching for the Blue Jays past year.

Hernández joined teammate Danny Jansen and erstwhile Toronto slugger José Bautista arsenic the lone Blue Jays players with multihomer games successful the postseason.

GUARDIANS 1, RAYS 0, 15 INNINGS

Rookie Oscar Gonzalez broke up the longest scoreless postseason crippled successful past with a leadoff homer successful the 15th inning, giving the Guardians a expanse of the Wild Card Series.

Gonzalez drove a 1-0 cutter — the 432nd transportation successful the astir five-hour crippled — disconnected Corey Kluber implicit the partition successful left-centre to interaction disconnected a chaotic celebration.

Next up for Cleveland is the opener of its best-of-five Division Series connected Tuesday successful New York against the AL East champion Yankees.

Tampa Bay had six hits and utilized 8 pitchers, including Kluber, who made his archetypal alleviation quality successful much than 9 years. Cleveland got 5 hits, besides utilized 8 pitchers and squandered a bases-loaded accidental successful the sixth.

Tampa Bay was bounced rapidly from its 4th consecutive postseason appearance. The Rays finished with 7 consecutive losses.

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