{"id":6593,"date":"2025-10-18T02:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T02:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=6593"},"modified":"2025-10-18T02:46:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T02:46:56","slug":"eugenio-suarezs-late-grand-slam-puts-ms-one-win-away-from-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=6593","title":{"rendered":"Eugenio Su\u00e1rez&#8217;s late grand slam puts M&#8217;s one win away from Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Oct 17, 2025, 09:22 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>SEATTLE &#8212; <a data-player-guid=\"1a1ec65f-a81f-8ce9-9f38-7275b93a2474\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32367\/eugenio-suarez\">Eugenio Su\u00e1rez<\/a> hit a go-ahead grand slam after <a data-player-guid=\"6c27dcb5-a741-d526-b5ac-f3988e288a70\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41292\/cal-raleigh\">Cal Raleigh<\/a>&#8216;s tying drive in a five-run eighth inning, giving the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"56d60582-088f-6848-5180-1fb04440cf87\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/sea\/seattle-mariners\">Seattle Mariners<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401809287\">6-2 win<\/a> over the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"0151aed9-9f11-ceae-195d-180ca603b64a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/tor\/toronto-blue-jays\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> on Friday and a 3-2 lead in the American League Championship Series.<\/p>\n<p>Su\u00e1rez also homered in the second inning for Seattle&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Game 6 is at Toronto on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For our fans, they&#8217;ve waiting a long time for this moment and we&#8217;re here to give it to them. We&#8217;re here to fight for a World Series,&#8221; Su\u00e1rez said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\" \/><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Eugenio Su\u00e1rez on putting Seattle on the verge of its first World Series appearance with a late, go-ahead grand slam: &#8220;This is the biggest home run of my career.&#8221;\u00a0<cite>AP Photo\/David J. Phillip<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Raleigh, a switch-hitting catcher who led the major leagues with 60 home runs during the regular season, was hitting right-handed for the first time in the series when he led off the eighth by pulling a 2-0 changeup from losing pitcher <a data-player-guid=\"4475989d-1ada-aa4c-9bd1-91821f6643de\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39645\/brendon-little\">Brendon Little<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 348-foot drive rose 155 feet above the field on a high arc and had a 6.7-second hang time before it dropped over the left-field wall at T-Mobile Park. Raleigh&#8217;s fourth homer of the postseason tied the score 2-2.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously it was really high, so you never know in this building,&#8221; Raleigh said. &#8220;Luckily today the roof&#8217;s closed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"ddce8b46-7c9e-20b5-7e99-56723808563b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32525\/jorge-polanco\">Jorge Polanco<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"04a30dc3-3637-3fbf-5ca8-0faf7a706e3a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/35066\/josh-naylor\">Josh Naylor<\/a> walked, and <a data-player-guid=\"a55bef66-0210-1110-0b03-a9a7117fdb6c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/37793\/seranthony-dominguez\">Seranthony Dominguez<\/a> relieved and hit <a data-player-guid=\"ff4e0d11-a441-34db-29d8-8567b71547b7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/36488\/randy-arozarena\">Randy Arozarena<\/a> with a pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Su\u00e1rez fouled off a 2-2 fastball, then hit an opposite-field drive to right, and the ball landed several rows into the seats for his fourth slam this season.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/46630870\/blue-jays-george-springer-exits-alcs-game-5-mariners-knee-hit-pitch\" class=\"img-link\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/46587478\/mlb-2025-lcs-day-6-dodgers-brewers-blue-jays-mariners-lineups-updates-analysis-takeaways\" class=\"img-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/r1561817_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, this is the biggest home run of my career,&#8221; Su\u00e1rez said.<\/p>\n<p>Su\u00e1rez, who had put Seattle ahead in the second against <a data-player-guid=\"fa9b8697-bf70-398f-a44f-f2ea673d85ab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32667\/kevin-gausman\">Kevin Gausman<\/a>, entered the game in a 6-for-50 slump. He was acquired from Arizona at the trade deadline, finished the regular season with 49 homers and has three in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been waiting for this for a long time,&#8221; Su\u00e1rez said. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a while [since] I&#8217;ve had a game like this today. It was awesome being [able] to hit that grand slam there to give the win to my team, to the fans. They&#8217;ve been here supporting us all year long.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seattle&#8217;s <a data-player-guid=\"3a7de348-ce21-33f8-958d-42d670cdd6e3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4654313\/bryce-miller\">Bryce Miller<\/a> was pitching shutout ball when he was removed after allowing <a data-player-guid=\"d9c1ec4a-fd25-3dad-bfd6-9886629c10b4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4997589\/addison-barger\">Addison Barger<\/a>&#8216;s leadoff single in the fifth, and <a data-player-guid=\"f2825eb9-ced6-3523-e6c7-7c3d7a97c892\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32078\/george-springer\">George Springer<\/a> hit an RBI double off <a data-player-guid=\"729d07a3-75b4-357a-91c4-3989f7f66b1a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4894467\/matt-brash\">Matt Brash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Springer left in the seventh when he was hit on the right kneecap by a 95.6 mph sinker from <a data-player-guid=\"b7e723ac-844e-37c9-9543-0c85fb5cc5e2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4629089\/bryan-woo\">Bryan Woo<\/a>. Blue Jays manager John Schneider said he has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/46630870\/blue-jays-george-springer-exits-alcs-game-5-mariners-knee-hit-pitch\">right knee contusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pitching for the first time since Sept. 19 after recovering from pectoral tightness, Woo allowed <a data-player-guid=\"2cac1391-7f81-b68f-1279-5caae98d9c9f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41287\/ernie-clement\">Ernie Clement<\/a>&#8216;s go-ahead single in the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto wasted many chances, going 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position.<\/p>\n<p>Raleigh turned only the second 2-3 grounded double play in postseason history when Clement tapped the ball onto the plate with the bases loaded and one out in the fourth inning. Raleigh grabbed the ball with a foot on the plate for a forceout, then threw to first.<\/p>\n<p>The prior 2-3 DP in Game 2 of the 2000 ALCS also was turned by a Seattle catcher, Dan Wilson, now the Mariners manager.<\/p>\n<p><em>Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/46631296\/eugenio-suarez-8th-inning-slam-puts-m-one-win-away-world-series\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct 17, 2025, 09:22 PM ET SEATTLE &#8212; Eugenio Su\u00e1rez hit a go-ahead grand slam after Cal Raleigh&#8216;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. 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