<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-bryce-miller-huge-injury-update-postseason-elimination');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mariners’ Bryce Miller gets huge injury update after postseason elimination');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Seattle-Mariners-pitcher-Bryce-Miller.jpg"><figcaption>John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Mariners’ Bryce Miller gets huge injury update after postseason elimination</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-30T11:39:40-07:00">October 30th, 11:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-30T11:39:40-07:00">October 30th, 11:39am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Seattle <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-fans-in-shambles-after-painful-alcs-game-7-collapse">Mariners were close to making an appearance</a> in the World Series, but were eliminated by the Toronto Blue Jays. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-dan-wilson-hasnt-stopped-thinking-about-game-7-bullpen-decisions">Mariners will now look toward the offseason</a> and find ways to get better, including Bryce Miller. The starting pitcher was on the injured list several times this past season because of elbow inflammation, but he is <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-starting-pitchers-optimistic-about-healthy-offseason-after-injured-riddled-year/" rel="noopener">expected to avoid surgery</a>, according to Adam Jude of the Seattle Times.</p><p>“The season didn’t go, personally, anywhere near how I wanted it to,” Miller said. “But I finished the year the best I felt all year — three good starts, I felt like. My body and my arm feel good, so just get better, get fully healthy and be ready to go from Day 1 next year.”</p><p>Miller had a bone spur in his elbow and received a PRP injection in June. He has an appointment to determine what he’ll have to do as far as treatment, but it looks like he’ll have a gel cortisone injection this offseason, and then get another one at the start of spring training.</p><p>“Now that we know how to deal with the bone spur, we can figure out what we need to do exactly with it and go from there,” Miller said.</p><p>Miller slogged through the first two months of this season, which is when the bone spur was diagnosed. He had a breakout year last season, ranking among the American League leaders with a 2.94 ERA and 180.1 innings over 31 starts. This season, his ERA nearly doubled (5.68), and his innings (90.1) were cut.</p><p>He bounced back in the playoffs with three starts, as he posted a 1.88 ERA.</p><p>“It felt really good,” Miller said. “Just to end on a positive note, personally, is good after how up and down the year was for me.”</p><p>Hopefully, Miller can keep that level of play going into next season and he recovers well from his elbow injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners’ Bryce Miller gets huge injury update after postseason elimination

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/3-perfect-alec-bohm-destinations-if-phillies-trade-infielder');   ga('set', 'title', '3 perfect Alec Bohm destinations if Phillies trade infielder');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/X-perfect-Alec-Bohm-destinations-if-Phillies-trade-infielder.jpg"></figure><h1>3 perfect Alec Bohm destinations if Phillies trade infielder</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T14:34:48-07:00">October 27th, 2:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T14:34:48-07:00">October 27th, 2:34pm</time><address><a>Garrett Kerman</a>Garrett Kerman also goes by the name of The Fight Analyst. He covers all combat sports, from MMA, to boxing, to even bare-knuckle. He is also very well-versed in all American sports when it comes to news and betting analysis. Whether you want betting advice or some breaking news, Garrett is your guy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Detroit Tigers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia Phillies appear poised to make significant roster changes this offseason, and third baseman <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/phillies-rumors-alec-bohm-emerges-potential-offseason-trade-candidate">Alec Bohm is emerging as one of the most likely trade candidates</a>. After averaging 16 home runs and 89 RBIs over a 162-game span during his five-year tenure in Philadelphia, the 29-year-old has essentially plateaued as a slightly above-average player. With premium free agents like Alex Bregman and Bo Bichette available to upgrade the hot corner, trading Bohm—who has one year of team control remaining—makes strategic sense for a Phillies organization looking to retool their roster.​</p><p>Multiple MLB executives believe Philadelphia will finally pull the trigger on dealing Bohm after holding onto him through previous trade deadlines. The former All-Star’s value has dipped following a regression in 2025, when he batted .287 with just 11 home runs and 59 RBIs across 120 games—a significant drop from his 2024 campaign. However, his team control through 2026 and proven ability to produce consistent offensive numbers still make him an attractive target for teams seeking third base help without breaking the bank.​</p><h2>Los Angeles Angels: Perfect Fit for Both Sides</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bohm-swings_8b1e6f.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Angels have been explicitly named as Bohm’s best trade fit by industry insiders, and the reasoning is straightforward. Los Angeles hasn’t had a player log 100 games at third base since Yunel Escobar in 2016, and they’ve invested nearly $300 million in failed solutions at the position over the past decade. With both Yoán Moncada and Luis Rengifo becoming free agents after 2025, the Angels desperately need a reliable third baseman for 2026.​</p><p>Bohm would provide immediate offensive stability while the Angels’ top prospect Denzer Guzman continues developing in the minor leagues. The 29-year-old’s contact-oriented approach and ability to drive in runs would complement an Angels lineup that needs consistency more than pure power. Los Angeles also has financial flexibility with approximately $45-50 million available to spend this offseason, making Bohm’s projected $10.25 million arbitration salary easily manageable.​</p><p><b>Trade Package:</b></p><p><b>Phillies receive</b>:</p><ul><li>OF Taylor Ward</li></ul><p><b>Angels receive</b>:</p><ul><li>3B Alec Bohm</li></ul><p>This trade addresses needs for both organizations. Ward gives Philadelphia a .275 career hitter with 20-home run power and outfield versatility, helping replace potential departures while adding a player with one year of team control. The Angels get their third baseman while adding organizational depth in Arias, a toolsy outfield prospect who could develop into a valuable asset.​</p><h2>Seattle Mariners: Filling the Eugenio Suárez Void</h2><p>The Mariners face a significant decision at third base with Eugenio Suárez expected to depart in free agency after his heroic postseason performance. While Seattle has top prospect Colt Emerson developing as their long-term solution, the organization appears reluctant to rush him to the majors in 2026. Bohm represents an ideal bridge option—a productive veteran who can handle everyday duties without requiring a long-term commitment.​</p><p>Seattle’s anemic offense at third base posted just a .687 OPS during the 2025 season, and the Mariners desperately need consistent run production to support their elite pitching staff. Bohm’s ability to hit for average and drive in runs fits perfectly in a lineup that struggles with contact and situational hitting. His projected salary also aligns with Seattle’s measured approach to spending, allowing them to allocate resources elsewhere.​</p><p><b>Trade Package:</b></p><p><b>Phillies receive</b>:</p><ul><li>RHP Bryce Miller</li><li>RHP prospect Michael Morales</li></ul><p><b>Mariners receive</b>:</p><ul><li>3B Alec Bohm</li></ul><p>This blockbuster addresses Philadelphia’s need for a young, controllable starting pitcher while giving Seattle their third baseman. Miller, 27, posted a 5.68 ERA with 74 strikeouts across 18 starts in 2025 and has three years of team control remaining. Morales, Seattle’s No. 4 prospect, adds another high-upside arm to the Phillies’ system. The Mariners receive Bohm as their everyday third baseman.</p><h2>Detroit Tigers: Upgrading the Hot Corner</h2><p>The Tigers desperately need a third base upgrade after Zach McKinstry’s surprising 2025 All-Star season proved to be an outlier rather than a trend. McKinstry struggled mightily down the stretch and was nearly invisible during Detroit’s playoff run, exposing the position as a critical weakness. With the Tigers looking to build on their unexpected postseason appearance and challenge for the AL Central title, adding a proven run producer like Bohm makes perfect sense.​</p><p>Detroit’s front office has shown willingness to make bold moves, as evidenced by their aggressive pursuit of talent at previous trade deadlines. Bohm’s left-handed bat would provide balance to a Tigers lineup that needs consistent offensive production beyond their young core. His contact skills and ability to drive the ball to all fields would play well at Comerica Park, and his defensive improvements at third base have made him a serviceable option at the position.​</p><p><b>Trade Package:</b></p><p>Phillies receive:</p><ul><li>3B Jace Jung</li></ul><p>Tigers receive:</p><ul><li>3B Alec Bohm</li></ul><p>This straightforward swap allows the Tigers to win now while giving Philadelphia a young infielder with upside. Jung, 24, struggled in limited MLB action during 2025 but remains one of Detroit’s top prospects with a patient approach and gap power. The Tigers get their everyday third baseman without surrendering their elite prospects, allowing them to remain competitive in 2026 while maintaining flexibility for future moves.​</p><p>All three destinations offer Bohm the fresh start that could reignite his career while addressing specific organizational needs. The Angels provide the most logical fit given their glaring hole at third base and willingness to take on his salary. The Mariners offer the most competitive situation with their strong pitching staff and playoff aspirations. The Tigers present an opportunity to be a key piece on a rising contender. For the Phillies, any of these trades would return valuable assets while clearing the path for either a free agent upgrade or internal development at the hot corner.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 perfect Alec Bohm destinations if Phillies trade infielder

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Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It is hard to understate the anguish the Seattle Mariners are feeling after<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-most-to-blame-for-blowing-alcs-vs-blue-jays"> losing the ALCS to the Toronto Blue Jays</a>. That anguish was echoed by manager Dan Wilson, who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-dan-wilson-tough-ending-alcs">called the loss “tough to swallow”</a>.</p><p>Nevertheless, Mariners Vice President of Baseball Operations Jerry DiPoto <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-dan-wilson-jerry-dipoto-share-reasoning-for-costly-game-7-bullpen-decision/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=owned_echobox_tw_m&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1761248766" rel="noopener">is rallying</a> to Wilson’s defense, per Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times. While some might question Wilson’s choices in Game 7, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-dan-wilson-logan-gilbert-alcs-game-6">specifically his pitching decisions</a>, DiPoto gave him the benefit of the doubt.</p><p>“It’s hard to be a manager, and it’s hard to make those decisions in real time, and we do the best we can to collaborate with Dan and (the coaching) staff and give them a menu of different thoughts and options,” Dipoto said. “And I’ll never begrudge him for making a move he believed in and trusted.”</p><p>Additionally, Dipoto defended Wilson’s use of Bryan Woo, George Kirby, and Eduard Bazardo during the playoffs. It was Bazardo who gave up the pitch to George Springer who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-george-springer-game-7-home-run-history">hit the game winning home run</a> in Game 7.</p><p>“We could paint it a million different ways,” Dipoto said. “But you had had one of the best pitchers in baseball (George Kirby) hand the ball to another of the best pitchers in baseball (Bryan Woo) hand it to a guy (Bazardo) who has been a ‘pivot’ star for us for months, and the fact that he gave up a home run is just going to be a piece of history that we’re going to have to live with.”</p><h2><b>A full circle moment for Dan Wilson and the Mariners</b></h2><p>Despite the defeat, Wilson led the Mariners back to prominence. Also, it was thirty years after Wilson and company helped save baseball in Seattle.</p><p>In 1995, Wilson was the catcher for the Mariners when they made an improbable run to the ALCS. That year, they came back from 13.5 games behind the California Angels to win the AL West. Then, the Mariners came back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the New York Yankees in the ALDS, thanks to Edgar Martinez and his game winning double.</p><p>In the ALCS, they lost to the then Cleveland Indians. Fast forward to 2025 and Wilson as manager propelled his team into a contender.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jerry DiPoto backs Dan Wilson after brutal ALCS Game 7 loss

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He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-alcs-game-7-goat-incredible-admission-will-go-down-history">Seattle Mariners lost in Game 7 of the ALCS to the Toronto Blue Jays</a>, missing the opportunity of reaching the World Series, there is no doubt of frustration from the team, reflecting on what they could have done differently. With fans looking for who is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-most-to-blame-for-blowing-alcs-vs-blue-jays">most to blame for the Mariners’ losing to the Blue Jays in the ALCS</a>, manager Dan Wilson takes accountability for certain bullpen decisions.</p><p>The one in question that people are going back to is when Wilson put in reliever Eduard Bazardo instead of Andrés Muñoz against George Springer in the bottom of the seventh inning of Game 7. With Seattle up 3-1 in the game, Bazardo let go of a three-run shot from Springer that gave Toronto the game, which was the third home run that the pitcher let go of this postseason where whereas Muñoz only allowed two the whole season.</p><p>“I think as a manager, you have to make decisions, and you know, in terms of whether it’s the Bazardo one, we have a good process in place,” Wilson said, according to The Seattle Times. <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-dan-wilson-jerry-dipoto-share-reasoning-for-costly-game-7-bullpen-decision/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=owned_echobox_tw_m&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1761248766" rel="noopener">“But managers have to wear decisions one way or the other.”</a></p><p>“We’ll continue to assess, and you’re always looking to get better and do the things that it takes to get better, and we will continue to do that,” Wilson continued. “But again, it’s frustrating, and it really is something that stings and will continue to sting for a while.”</p><h2><b>Mariners’ Jerry Dipoto defends Dan Wilson</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jerry_Dipoto_speaking_to_the_media_in_the_dugout.webp"><figcaption>Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-word-cal-raleigh-alcs-heartbreaker">Mariners suffering from the heartbreaker</a> that is the series loss after a successful season, one person who defended the bullpen decisions was Seattle’s president of baseball operations, Jerry Dipoto.</p><p>“It’s hard to be a manager, and it’s hard to make those decisions in real time, and we do the best we can to collaborate with Dan and (the coaching) staff and give them a menu of different thoughts and options,” Dipoto said. “And I’ll never begrudge him for making a move he believed in and trusted.”</p><p>At any rate, the Mariners look to reach newer heights next season after falling in the ALCS.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners’ Dan Wilson hasn’t stopped thinking about Game 7 bullpen decisions

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-tv-ratings-game-7-mariners');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blue Jays make staggering TV history in wild Game 7 vs. Mariners');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Blue-Jays-fans.jpg"><figcaption>Steven Bisig-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><h1>Blue Jays make staggering TV history in wild Game 7 vs. Mariners</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-21T20:18:19-07:00">October 21st, 8:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-21T20:18:47-07:00">October 21st, 8:18pm</time><address><a>Josh Davis</a>Josh Davis is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints with a focus on MLB. As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Blue Jays didn’t just punch their ticket to the World Series Monday night— they made Canadian sports broadcasting history in the process.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-fans-rejoice-as-don-mattingly-reaches-first-ever-world-series">The Blue Jays thrilling 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners</a> in Game 7 of the ALCS drew the highest average audience ever for a baseball broadcast in Canada. According to Sportsnet, an average of six million viewers tuned in, with the game reaching a staggering 11.8 million Canadians.</p><p>Sportsnet’s public relations team took to X (formerly known as Twitter) <a href="https://x.com/SportsnetPR/status/1980728795197051346" rel="noopener">to announce</a> the record-breaking viewership.</p><p>“HISTORY. MADE.</p><p>ALCS Game 7 was the most-watched @BlueJays game ever on @Sportsnet with an average of 6 million viewers tuning in to watch Canada’s Team punch their ticket to the World Series! The game reached 11.8 million Canadians.”</p><p>The emotional, back-and-forth matchup capped off a comeback series win after the Blue Jays fell behind 0-2. George Springer, battling a sore knee, launched a dramatic three-run homer in the seventh inning to give Toronto its first lead — a moment now etched in franchise lore.</p><p>Closer Jeff Hoffman sealed the win by striking out the side, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. earned ALCS MVP honors, finishing the series with a .385 average, 3 home runs, and 10 RBIs.</p><p>The ratings eclipsed Canada’s previous baseball viewership record from 2015 and even topped this year’s Stanley Cup Final Game 7, which peaked at 6.9 million. It signals a major cultural moment — one where baseball momentarily overtook hockey in national prominence.</p><p>Beyond the numbers, the Blue Jays’ AL pennant marks their first since 1993. The team’s journey has re-energized youth baseball, boosted Sportsnet subscriptions, and renewed national pride.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/3-blue-jays-bold-predictions-spark-world-series-upset-dodgers">Toronto will now face the Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in the 2025 World Series, beginning Friday at Rogers Centre. With fan momentum, a red-hot Guerrero, and a resilient bullpen, the Blue Jays enter the Fall Classic as more than contenders — they’re Canada’s heartbeat.</p><p>As the Fall Classic approaches, all eyes will remain on Toronto — a city once again at the center of the baseball world. Whether this run ends in another championship or not, the 2025 Blue Jays have already left a lasting legacy. Their Game 7 triumph was more than a victory. It was a national moment — the kind that lives forever in highlight reels, family stories, and the collective memory of a country.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blue Jays make staggering TV history in wild Game 7 vs. Mariners

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/mlb-stories/mlb-news-john-schneider-dan-wilson-moment-alcs');   ga('set', 'title', 'John Schneider, Dan Wilson share classy moment after epic ALCS');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/OCT-20_1.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>John Schneider, Dan Wilson share classy moment after epic ALCS</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-21T09:03:12-07:00">October 21st, 9:03am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-21T09:03:12-07:00">October 21st, 9:03am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Monday, Game 7 of the ALCS had everything that makes MLB in October great. Toronto’s George Springer’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-toronto-clutch-hr-streak-epic">go-ahead homer in the 7th</a> will live on in the minds of Blue Jays forever. Conversely, Mariners fans were <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-fans-in-shambles-after-painful-alcs-game-7-collapse">left with a bitter taste in their mouth</a> after blowing a two-run lead.</p><p>Afterward, there was a <a href="https://x.com/MLB_PR/status/1980502556796141993" rel="noopener">tender moment</a> between both sides that showcased the best of baseball, per MLB Communications. Blue Jays manager John Schneider and Mariners manager Dan Wilson were seen shaking hands.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">All class: Managers John Schneider of the <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlueJays</a> and Dan Wilson of the <a href="https://twitter.com/Mariners?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Mariners</a> put a bow on a memorable <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ALCS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ALCS</a> following Game Seven. <a href="https://t.co/ioG5XRhC6G">pic.twitter.com/ioG5XRhC6G</a></p><p>— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB_PR/status/1980502556796141993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Blue Jays will compete in their first World Series since 1993. That year, they won in six games over the Philadelphia Phillies thanks to Joe Carter’s walk off home run in Game 6.</p><p>Also, the Mariners made it to their first ALCS since 2001 when they lost to the New York Yankees after winning 116 games.</p><p>In 2019, Schneider was hired as a batting coach for the Blue Jays. Three years later, he was hired as the interim manager following the firing of Charlie Montoyo. Afterward, Schneider led the Blue Jays to a 46-28 record and the AL Wild Card series.</p><p>That October, he was named the full-time Blue Jays manager.</p><p>Meanwhile, Wilson played 12 seasons for the Mariners from 1994-2005. In August 2024, he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-dan-wilsons-bold-claim-after-first-managerial-win-will-fire-up-fans">hired as the manager for the Mariners</a>.</p><h2><b>The mutual respect between rival MLB managers</b></h2><p>It turns out that Wilson and Schneider aren’t the only opposing managers who give each other credit where credit is due.</p><p>In the AL West, Bruce Bochy and Dusty Baker had a good bond with other another. Bochy was managing the Rangers and Baker with the Astros.</p><p>Also, Yankees manager Aaron Boone and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts share a special connection. While in college, they played against one another. Boone was at USC and Roberts was at UCLA.</p><p>In addition, Boone had a good vibe with Red Sox manager Alex Cora. Despite the longstanding rivalry between New York and Boston, both had positive things to say about each other.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

John Schneider, Dan Wilson share classy moment after epic ALCS

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He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While Toronto Blue Jays star George Springer further cemented his baseball legacy in Toronto with his heroics in Monday’s series-clinching win over the Seattle Mariners, Mariners reliever Eduard Bazardo might need some time to get over the pitch he threw — the one Springer launched for the go-ahead home run that sealed the Blue Jays’<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-julio-rodriguez-primal-scream-bryan-woo"> 4-3 victory in Game 7</a>.</p><p>Bazardo had been a reliable bullpen asset for the Mariners in the 2025 MLB regular season, in which he posted a 2.52 ERA and a 3.64 FIP across 78.2 innings of work. He gave up just nine home runs. He surrendered 1.03 home runs per nine innings pitched, which is 26th among all relievers <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?month=0&amp;pos=all&amp;type=1&amp;stats=rel&amp;sortcol=5&amp;sortdir=default&amp;qual=70" rel="noopener">who pitched at least 70.0 innings</a>.</p><p>However, he allowed three home runs in the 2025 postseason, none bigger than the one that Springer sent 381 feet into the air to drive in three runs in the seventh inning.</p><p>“I never lost one game all season, and today, the most important game, I lost the game,” Bazardo said after the loss to the Blue Jays, per Tyler Kepner of The Athletic. “It’s a little incredible, that part.”</p><p>Before Bazardo took to the mound, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-most-to-blame-for-blowing-alcs-vs-blue-jays">George Kirby pitched for four innings</a> and allowed a run on four hits through four innings of work. Bryan Woo replaced Kirby and allowed two Blue Jays to reach base, which Bazardo later inherited. Bazardo picked up the pitching loss and will perhaps be forever remembered as the October Zero to Springer’s October Hero.</p><p>After Seattle’s loss, there has been a lot of second-guessing going around in the baseball world on Mariners manager Dan Wilson’s decision to go with Bazardo instead of going straight to Andrez Munoz, who had two saves in the 2025 MLB postseason. But it is what it is for Seattle, which remains the only current club not to reach the World Series ever.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners’ ALCS Game 7 goat makes ‘incredible’ admission that will go down in history

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-julio-rodriguez-primal-scream-bryan-woo');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez heard letting out a primal scream during sad Bryan Woo interview');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Mariners-outfielder-Julio-Rodriguez-vs-Blue-Jays-in-ALCS-Game-7.jpg"><figcaption>John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez heard letting out a primal scream during sad Bryan Woo interview</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-21T08:23:42-07:00">October 21st, 8:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-21T08:23:42-07:00">October 21st, 8:23am</time><address><a>Yasmin Edañol</a>Yasmin D.G. Edañol is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at the University of the Philippines Diliman, with a background in scientific research and publishing. He brings a data-driven perspective to sports storytelling as an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints, with a focus on the NBA. Whether it's breaking down a clutch play or a stat line, he believes every great moment has a deeper layer waiting to be uncovered.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-fans-in-shambles-after-painful-alcs-game-7-collapse">Seattle Mariners’ clubhouse fell silent after their heartbreaking loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in ALCS Game 7</a>. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-word-cal-raleigh-alcs-heartbreaker">Mariners’ dream season ended one win shy of the World Series</a>, and the atmosphere inside the room reflected that devastation. During Bryan Woo’s postgame interview, reporters heard <a href="https://x.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1980495186422849569" rel="noopener">a sudden, loud scream</a> pierce through the quiet. Moments later, it was <a href="https://x.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1980511642782982380" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> that the frustrated player was none other than Julio Rodriguez.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">You could hear a loud scream out of frustration in a quiet Mariners clubhouse <a href="https://t.co/7CerT2bIpM">pic.twitter.com/7CerT2bIpM</a></p><p>— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1980495186422849569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The scream captured what words could not. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-julio-rodriguez-joins-mickey-mantle-club-with-game-7-hr">For Rodriguez, who carried the Mariners all season with his energy and clutch performances</a>, the end came too soon. The star outfielder had been the face of Seattle’s resurgence, yet in that moment, even he couldn’t hold back his emotions. Witnesses described the sound as raw and guttural, the kind that only comes from pure heartbreak. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-most-to-blame-for-blowing-alcs-vs-blue-jays">The Mariners’ young core believed destiny was on their side, but the Blue Jays had other plans</a>.</p><p>Bryan Woo, meanwhile, struggled to contain his own emotions while speaking to reporters. The all-star pitcher delivered one of the toughest outings of his career in ALCS Game 7, allowing key hits that shifted the game’s momentum. Despite that, Woo faced the media with grace, admitting that the loss would “stick with him for a long time.” His words were interrupted by Rodriguez’s scream, a moment that perfectly summed up the Mariners’ anguish.</p><p>After the game, several teammates quietly consoled each other. No one blamed Woo. Instead, they spoke about how much the group had grown and how this collapse would fuel them moving forward. Julio Rodriguez, who later declined interviews, was reportedly inconsolable but determined to come back stronger.</p><p>In a way, that primal scream echoed what every Mariners fan felt. It carried the agony of falling just short, the hunger to try again, and the belief that their time will come. But when that moment finally arrives, will the roar from Julio Rodriguez and the Mariners shake all of baseball?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez heard letting out a primal scream during sad Bryan Woo interview

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Sokolowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Mariners most to blame for blowing ALCS vs. Blue Jays</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-21T07:56:18-07:00">October 21st, 7:56am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-21T07:56:18-07:00">October 21st, 7:56am</time><address><a>Yasmin Edañol</a>Yasmin D.G. Edañol is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at the University of the Philippines Diliman, with a background in scientific research and publishing. He brings a data-driven perspective to sports storytelling as an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints, with a focus on the NBA. Whether it's breaking down a clutch play or a stat line, he believes every great moment has a deeper layer waiting to be uncovered.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-fans-in-shambles-after-painful-alcs-game-7-collapse">Seattle Mariners had their shot at history, but they went on the wrong side of it</a>. After winning the first two games in hostile territory, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-cal-raleigh-message-2-0-alcs-lead-keep-seattle-locked-in">it felt like the Mariners was finally ready to make their first-ever World Series appearance</a>. Yet the dream vanished almost overnight. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-dan-wilson-tough-ending-alcs">Blue Jays stormed back to win four of the next five games</a>, and the turning point came when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-george-kirby-tough-admission-game-3-blue-jays">George Kirby and the Mariners completely lost control in Game 3</a>. That one disaster flipped the entire ALCS against the Mariners.</p><p>Mariners fans expected dominance from George Kirby, but instead got chaos. In Game 3, Kirby gave up eight runs in just four innings, allowing the Blue Jays to hit three home runs and seize back momentum. What had been a confident Mariners squad instantly looked shaken. His fastball missed spots, his command disappeared, and every mistake turned into damage. For a pitcher trusted to be the anchor of Seattle’s rotation, Kirby’s collapse was catastrophic. It not only cost the team a home win, but it also shattered their psychological edge.</p><p>The Mariners never fully recovered. Game 4’s struggles piled on and erased any remaining confidence Seattle had. When the series returned to Toronto, the Blue Jays were the ones brimming with belief. In Game 7, George Kirby <a href="https://x.com/MLBONFOX/status/1980450638049018306" rel="noopener">bounced back</a> with a strong start, keeping Seattle in control early and giving them a 3-1 lead. However, the bullpen once again faltered. They couldn’t hold that advantage before George Springer crushed a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh. But by then, the damage had already been done. The tone of the entire series had changed back in Seattle, when Kirby lost control of the narrative.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">George Kirby held the Blue Jays to one run in his four innings of work tonight 💪</p><p>4 IP | 4 H | 1 R | 1 BB | 3 K <a href="https://t.co/bHKM2YgfMV">pic.twitter.com/bHKM2YgfMV</a></p><p>— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1980450638049018306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Yes, other Mariners share part of the blame, the bullpen melted, the lineup cooled, and the coaching staff failed to adjust. But make no mistake: Game 3 was the pivot point. For a team that prided itself on resilience and pitching depth, it was their supposed ace who opened the door for Toronto. George Kirby’s meltdown will linger as one of the most painful moments in Mariners postseason history.</p><p>Seattle’s collapse wasn’t just about losing a lead. It was about losing belief, one bad inning at a time. And for that, George Kirby stands as the face of a heartbreaking ALCS defeat for the Mariners.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners most to blame for blowing ALCS vs. Blue Jays

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-word-cal-raleigh-alcs-heartbreaker');   ga('set', 'title', 'The word a crying Cal Raleigh ‘hated to use’ after ALCS heartbreaker');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Toronto-Ontario-CAN-Seattle-Mariners-catcher-Cal-Raleigh-29-hits-a-solo-home-run-against-the-Toronto-Blue-Jays-in-the-fifth-inning-during-game-seven-of-the-ALCS-round-for-the-2025-MLB-playoffs-at-Roger.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>The word a crying Cal Raleigh ‘hated to use’ after ALCS heartbreaker</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-21T07:31:46-07:00">October 21st, 7:31am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-21T14:08:14-07:00">October 21st, 2:08pm</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Seattle Mariners are dealing with a heartbreaker that’s gotten the best of them. On Monday, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-fans-in-shambles-after-painful-alcs-game-7-collapse">Mariners lost Game 7 of the ALCS</a> 4-3 to the Toronto Blue Jays, bringing an end to a truly remarkable season.</p><p>Afterward, their star catcher, Cal Raleigh, was in tears reflecting upon the defeat. In the process, Raleigh <a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/julio-rodriguez-loud-scream-after-mariners-game-7-loss" rel="noopener">begrudgingly uttered</a> his least favorite word when describing the loss, per Andy Nesbitt of Sports Illustrated.</p><p>Ultimately, though he didn’t want to say it, he referred to the season as a failure.</p><p>“I’m super proud of these guys. It was a great team effort. I love every guy in this room but ultimately it’s not what we wanted,” Raleigh said when asked to sum up his team’s year. “I hate to use the word failure, but it’s a failure. We expected to get to the World Series and win the World Series and that’s what the bar is and what the standard is and it’s what we want to hold ourselves accountable to but yeah, it hurts. But I don’t want that to take away—like I said I’m proud of the guys in the room, I thought we fought all the way to the end and like I said I think it’s a great group of guys and I love every single one of them.”</p><p>At the same time, Mariners manager Dan Wilson <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-dan-wilson-tough-ending-alcs">referred to the defeat as “tough to swallow”</a>.</p><p>Seattle finished the year at 90-72 and made it to their first ALCS since 2001.</p><h2><b>Cal Raleigh didn’t fail as an individual</b></h2><p>As for Raleigh, he had one of his best seasons. Altogether, he batted .247 with 147 hits, 60 home runs, and 125 RBIs during the regular season.</p><p>In the postseason, Raleigh batted .308 with 12 hits, two home runs, eight RBIs, and eight runs scored.</p><p>On Monday, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-record-broken-cal-raleigh">Raleigh hit his 65th total home run</a>, surpassing Yankees slugger Aaron Judge’s 64 from 2022.</p><p>At the same time, Raleigh <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/why-cal-raleigh-will-upset-aaron-judge-for-2025-al-mvp">is in a tight battle with Judge</a> for the AL MVP honors.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

The word a crying Cal Raleigh ‘hated to use’ after ALCS heartbreaker

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-game-6-hero-trey-yesavage-speaks-glowingly-about-teammates');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blue Jays Game 6 hero Trey Yesavage speaks glowingly about teammates');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Trey-Yesavage-cover.jpg"></figure><h1>Blue Jays Game 6 hero Trey Yesavage speaks glowingly about teammates</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-20T23:08:41-07:00">October 20th, 11:08pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-20T23:11:10-07:00">October 20th, 11:11pm</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He's a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic. In addition to sports writing, he works for Arizona Football in the Player Personnel and Recruiting department and formerly served as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In one of the most improbable postseason stories in recent memory, 22-year-old Trey Yesavage <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-fans-erupt-with-reactions-to-toronto-forcing-alcs-game-7">became the hero of Game 6 for the Toronto Blue Jays,</a> saving their season with a <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46655621/guerrero-yesavage-shine-blue-jays-win-force-game-7" rel="noopener">poised and historic performance</a>. The rookie right-hander scattered six hits, struck out seven, and forced three inning-ending double plays — all with the weight of elimination hanging over him — to carry the Jays to a 6–2 win over the Seattle Mariners and force a decisive Game 7 in the ALCS.</p><p>“This was the most electric, energized crowd I’ve ever played in front of,” Yesavage said. “The team rallied behind the fans. They were a huge motivation for us.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The <a href="https://twitter.com/BlueJays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlueJays</a> had to win tonight.</p><p>Trey Yesavage did everything he could to make sure that happened 💪 <a href="https://t.co/aFfGDOC8M0">pic.twitter.com/aFfGDOC8M0</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1980119065336152428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Mariners had baserunners all night but could never capitalize, largely because Yesavage repeatedly escaped jams with calm precision. In the third, fourth, and fifth innings, Seattle grounded into double plays — two of them with the bases loaded — marking the first time in postseason history that a team hit into <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46655621/guerrero-yesavage-shine-blue-jays-win-force-game-7" rel="noopener">back-to-back double plays</a> with the bags full. Yesavage became just the third pitcher ever to induce three straight inning-ending double plays in the playoffs, joining Chris Carpenter (2005) and Tom Glavine (1995). Not bad company for someone who was pitching in the Florida State League just five months ago.</p><p>“He’s answering the bell,” veteran pitcher Max Scherzer said. “You either have it in October or you don’t — and he’s showing he does.”</p><h2><b>Trey Yesavage dominates, forces a Game 7 in Toronto</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Trey-Yesavage_1a796f.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Yesavage leaned heavily on his devastating splitter, throwing it 31 times and generating 10 whiffs. When paired with his mid-90s fastball, it left the Mariners guessing all night. “When he’s locating his fastball, that splitter’s untouchable,” said closer Jeff Hoffman. “He can just splitter everybody to death.”</p><p>The right-hander’s meteoric rise through Toronto’s system this season <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/10/20/trey-yesavage-blue-jays-mariners-game-6/" rel="noopener">has stunned even his teammates</a>. Drafted just last year, he started 2025 in Single-A before rapidly climbing through the minors to make his MLB debut in mid-September. In just over a month, he’s gone from minor-league prospect to postseason sensation.</p><p>“The ceiling on that guy is crazy,” said Kevin Gausman. “I couldn’t have made that start when I was 22.”</p><p>After Seattle tagged him for five runs in Game 2, Yesavage showed no nerves in the rematch. He embraced the moment — covering first base with calm confidence on a crucial 3-6-1 double play started by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who also went deep later in the game to seal Toronto’s win.</p><p>With the Blue Jays now one win away from their first World Series since 1993, Yesavage’s poise has inspired belief throughout the clubhouse. “It can go either way in the postseason,” Scherzer said. “You can either pitch in this environment, or you can’t. Trey showed he belongs.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blue Jays Game 6 hero Trey Yesavage speaks glowingly about teammates

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-george-springer-game-7-home-run-history">Seattle Mariners’ worst nightmares</a> have come true; they have come this far and yet they have failed to make it to the World Series for the 49th consecutive season. They blew a 3-2 ALCS lead over the Toronto Blue Jays, with the Mariners relinquishing a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning after George Springer, the former Houston Astros star, came back to haunt them once again, this time with a three-run home run that sent Rogers Centre into a frenzy.</p><p>As if everything that could have gone wrong for the Mariners did go wrong. They seemed to be hitting all the right buttons heading into that pivotal seventh inning, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-julio-rodriguez-joins-mickey-mantle-club-with-game-7-hr">Julio Rodriguez scoring the first two runs</a> of the ballgame and Cal Raleigh continuing his historic campaign with yet another home run to push their lead to 3-1.</p><p>But all that hard work was undone with one swing from Springer off of Eduard Bazardo, whom the Mariners chose to deploy at the highest-leverage situation instead of going to closer Andres Munoz immediately.</p><h2>Mariners fans lose it on social media</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Dan-Wilson.jpg"><figcaption>Steven Bisig-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><p>It did not help matters whatsoever for the Mariners that they seemed to lose the plot at the plate after Springer turned the momentum in the Blue Jays’ favor. Randy Arozarena grounded out on the first pitch, JP Crawford hit a weak ground ball towards shortstop, and Eugenio Suarez was a bit hard done by a breaking ball that just clipped the inside part of the zone.</p><p>In the ninth inning, Jeff Hoffman mowed the Mariners down, striking out the side — with Rodriguez flailing at a slider off the plate with the count full. All that’s left for the Mariners fanbase is to mourn everything that happened.</p><p>“That Bazardo move was next level idiot s**t. Like that’s not giving Marshawn the ball on the 1 levels, Dikembe on the floor levels. WE ARE NOT OK,” X user @BBOYWORTHING <a href="https://x.com/BBOYWORTHING/status/1980474565487894976" rel="noopener">detailed</a> the city of Seattle’s sporting misery.</p><p>“One of the worst at bats I’ve ever seen to end a season. Hoffman couldn’t get a slider over. He threw six sliders for balls and he struck out with the MVP on deck. Terrible. Terrible Jrod,” @craines38 <a href="https://x.com/craines38/status/1980470363944579272" rel="noopener">added</a>.</p><p>“Well…a banner season for this team. The furthest we’ve ever gone. Maybe in another 20 years, we’ll do it again,” @MikeKISW <a href="https://x.com/MikeKISW/status/1980471168068120743" rel="noopener">wrote dejectedly</a>.</p><p>“We wanted this year to be different. Only thing that was different was you gave us a new way to break our hearts down the stretch,” @ThereGoLeban <a href="https://x.com/ThereGoLeban/status/1980469511880098284" rel="noopener">furthered</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners fans in shambles after painful ALCS Game 7 collapse

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-dan-wilson-tough-ending-alcs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mariners manager Dan Wilson opens up about ‘tough’ ending to ALCS');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Dan-Wilson.jpg"><figcaption>Steven Bisig-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><h1>Mariners manager Dan Wilson opens up about ‘tough’ ending to ALCS</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-20T22:42:52-07:00">October 20th, 10:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-20T22:42:52-07:00">October 20th, 10:42pm</time><address><a>Josh Davis</a>Josh Davis is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints with a focus on MLB. As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Seattle Mariners came agonizingly close to history before heartbreak struck again. After a 4-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 of the 2025 ALCS, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-dan-wilson-bryan-woo-alcs-game-5">manager Dan Wilson reflected</a> on one of the most emotional endings in franchise history.</p><p>FOX Sports: MLB took to their official X (formerly known as Twitter), posting The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal <a href="https://x.com/MLBONFOX/status/1980488315880218955" rel="noopener">speaking with</a> the disappointed manager after his team just fell short.</p><p>“It’s a tough one to swallow.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“It’s a tough one to swallow.” </p><p>Mariners Manager Dan Wilson joined <a href="https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ken_Rosenthal</a> after Seattle's Game 7 loss in the ALCS. <a href="https://t.co/8Ro1MM9iB4">pic.twitter.com/8Ro1MM9iB4</a></p><p>— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1980488315880218955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In his postgame remarks, Wilson praised his players for their fight while taking ownership of the decision that changed everything. He called the group “special,” emphasizing how far the club had come in just one season.</p><p>The interview captured the emotions of a team and fan base that have endured decades of near-misses. The manager defended his bullpen move — choosing Eduard Bazardo instead of closer Andres Munoz — explaining that Bazardo had earned the trust to pitch in that moment.</p><p>Despite the disappointment, the moment drew widespread attention across baseball. Analysts pointed to the interview as a rare example of leadership in the face of postseason heartbreak.</p><p>The ALCS Game 7 loss extended the Mariners World Series drought to 49 seasons, keeping <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-world-series-drought">Seattle as the only active MLB franchise</a> never to reach the Fall Classic.</p><p>The Mariners’ 2025 postseason heartbreak deepened one of the most frustrating narratives in franchise history. After pushing the top-seeded Blue Jays to the brink, Seattle’s season ended just short of its first World Series appearance.</p><p>The loss didn’t just close the door on a promising playoff run — it reinforced how fine the line is between progress and legacy. In their 49th season, the Mariners again proved they can contend, but the breakthrough continues to elude them.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners manager Dan Wilson opens up about ‘tough’ ending to ALCS

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-world-series-drought');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mariners still only active franchise without World Series experience');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Josh-Naylor-1.jpg"><figcaption>John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><h1>Mariners still only active franchise without World Series experience</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-20T21:22:53-07:00">October 20th, 9:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-20T21:22:53-07:00">October 20th, 9:22pm</time><address><a>Josh Davis</a>Josh Davis is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints with a focus on MLB. As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Seattle Mariners entered 2025 with real hope. But after losing Game 7 of the ALCS to the Toronto Blue Jays, they remain the only active Major League Baseball team without a World Series appearance.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-cal-raleigh-enters-babe-ruth-territory-with-alcs-game-7-hr">The Mariners led 3-1 in the seventh inning</a> before a three-run George Springer home run flipped the game. The dramatic swing sealed the Blue Jays’ first pennant since 1993, extending Seattle’s agonizing World Series drought to 49 seasons.</p><p>The Mariners’ collapse in the ALCS became a national talking point. The NY Post’s Jon Heyman took to his X (formerly known as Twitter), noting that despite some notable names, the Mariners <a href="https://x.com/JonHeyman/status/1980470454499569811" rel="noopener">are still the only</a> active major league team yet to appear in a World Series.</p><p>“Mariners remain the only current franchise of 30 franchises never to reach the World Series. Hard to believe for organization that’s had: Griffey Jr., A-Rod, Big Unit, Edgar, Ichiro”</p><p>The Mariners postseason history is filled with close calls. From the 1995 “Refuse to Lose” run to the 116-win run in the 2001 season, Seattle has consistently fallen just short. Their six playoff appearances (1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2022, 2025) include four ALCS exits and zero pennants.</p><p>Despite a 90-72 regular season record, an AL West title, and a Game 7 appearance in the ALCS, the collapse from the bullpen in Toronto <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-seattle-loses-game-6-sloppy-game-not-seen-2009">defined the Mariners’ season</a>. Eduard Bazardo allowed the go-ahead homer while elite closer Andres Munoz remained unused until it was too late.</p><p>Franchise legends like Ken Griffey Jr., Ichiro Suzuki, and Edgar Martinez never played in a World Series. Today’s stars, including Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh, carry that burden.</p><p>Seattle has a talented club and a fiercely loyal fanbase. But until they finally reach the Fall Classic, every season ends with the same question.</p><p>When will the Mariners finally break through?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners still only active franchise without World Series experience

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-record-broken-cal-raleigh');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees star Aaron Judge’s AL record shattered in Mariners-Blue Jays Game 7');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Aaron-Judges-AL-record-shattered-in-Mariners-Blue-Jays-Game-7.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees star Aaron Judge’s AL record shattered in Mariners-Blue Jays Game 7</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-20T20:15:31-07:00">October 20th, 8:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-20T20:15:31-07:00">October 20th, 8:15pm</time><address><a>Josh Davis</a>Josh Davis is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints with a focus on MLB. As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees and their fans watched what seemed like an unbreakable milestone fall during a high-stakes battle between two other American League contenders. In Game 7 of the ALCS, Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners launched his 65th total home run of 2025, surpassing the 64 combined regular season and postseason homers hit by <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-teammates-painful-alds">Aaron Judge</a> in 2022.</p><p>The moment unfolded in the top of the fifth inning when the Mariners catcher turned on a 1-0 pitch and sent it deep to right, temporarily giving Seattle a 3-1 edge over the Toronto Blue Jays. The blast added historical weight to an already pressure-filled night, making him the new AL leader for most total homers in a single year. No catcher in league history had ever reached the 60 mark before.</p><p>StatMuse <a href="https://x.com/statmuse/status/1980449790313001041" rel="noopener">highlighted the milestone</a> with a post that quickly gained traction online. On X (formerly known as Twitter), StatMuse posted a graphic comparing both players and their historic home run totals.</p><p>“Most HR in a year by an AL player (regular season + postseason):</p><p>65 — Cal Raleigh (2025)</p><p>64 — Aaron Judge (2022)”</p><p>The home run from the switch-hitting catcher ignited conversation across baseball circles. While the number won’t be recorded as an official MLB record, it speaks to his endurance, clutch production, and rise as one of the league’s most powerful hitters.</p><p>But the celebration was short-lived.</p><p>In the bottom of the seventh inning, George Springer crushed a go-ahead three-run homer that erased Seattle’s lead and secured a 4-3 comeback win for Toronto — the same team that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-boone-alds-loss-quote">ended New York’s season</a>. The Mariners vs. Blue Jays showdown turned from triumph to heartbreak in just two innings.</p><p>For Yankees fans, Judge’s 2022 season remains legendary — 62 homers in the regular season, 2 more in October, and a .311 average that earned him MVP honors. But Raleigh’s combined power puts him in rare company, even if the record carries a postseason asterisk.</p><p>As the Blue Jays head to their first World Series since 1993, Raleigh’s big moment becomes part of a bittersweet chapter — one where history was made, but not remembered for the right reasons.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees star Aaron Judge’s AL record shattered in Mariners-Blue Jays Game 7

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-cal-raleigh-enters-babe-ruth-territory-with-alcs-game-7-hr');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mariners’ Cal Raleigh enters Babe Ruth territory with ALCS Game 7 HR');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cal-Raleigh-with-triton.jpg"><figcaption>John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Mariners’ Cal Raleigh enters Babe Ruth territory with ALCS Game 7 HR</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-20T19:42:20-07:00">October 20th, 7:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-20T19:44:55-07:00">October 20th, 7:44pm</time><address><a>Lorenzo J Reyna</a>Lorenzo J Reyna is an Associate Editor covering the NFL and NCAA Football for ClutchPoints. He's equipped with past experience for both realms through his recent stops at Pro Football Network and Heavy while also writing for 247Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Seattle Mariners needed that big swing from Cal Raleigh. He’s officially entered Babe Ruth territory, following his huge blast Monday during the American League Championship Series (ALCS).</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-cal-raleigh-game-7-home-run">Raleigh faced an 0-1 count</a> after swinging and missing the first fastball attempt. But he ripped the baseball 381 feet past the Rogers Centre outfield wall.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Cal Raleigh's homer from the ump cam is BEAUTIFUL ✨<a href="https://t.co/Bh4DMteTRF">pic.twitter.com/Bh4DMteTRF</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1980450716117528631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Raleigh even sent the ball landing inside his team’s own bullpen. But the pitchers looked unbothered and celebrated their teammate’s solo home run blast.</p><p>But that bomb placed Raleigh into <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/clutchpoints-2025-mlb-power-rankings-vol-31-game-seven">Game 7</a> history — <a href="https://x.com/SNstats/status/1980453300978999772" rel="noopener">one that now mentions him</a> with the iconic Ruth.</p><p>The baseball legend smacked his home run during the 1926 World Series in a Game 7 setting. Raleigh also becomes the first to hit a solo HR in an ALCS Game 7 since Reggie Jackson — who pounded his during the 1973 series for the Oakland Athletics.</p><h2>Mariners, Cal Raleigh witnessed another HR blast vs. Blue Jays</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cal-Raleigh-circling-second.jpg"><figcaption>Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Unfortunately for Raleigh’s Mariners, they watched euphoria on the Blue Jays’ side.</p><p>George Springer took to the plate with two runners on base. Springer sent his ball flying over the left field fence — handing Toronto the lead at 4-3 in the seventh.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">GEORGE SPRINGER WITH A 3-RUN NO-DOUBTER TO PUT THE BLUE JAYS AHEAD 👏<a href="https://t.co/yY3WtREPYF">pic.twitter.com/yY3WtREPYF</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1980461974292230551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Springer’s blast came on the opposite of what Raleigh faced — a 1-0 count after taking a ball. But then he sent the 96 mph sinker toward the left center.</p><p>Seattle is now six outs away from potentially watching Toronto celebrate its first AL pennant since the 1993 season. The Mariners remain the only MLB team to have zero World Series appearances. Springer’s blast also handed Seattle its first deficit of the night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners’ Cal Raleigh enters Babe Ruth territory with ALCS Game 7 HR

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-julio-rodriguez-joins-mickey-mantle-club-with-game-7-hr');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez joins Mickey Mantle club with Game 7 HR');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Mariners-center-fielder-Julio-Rodriguez-44-runs.jpg"><figcaption>© John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez joins Mickey Mantle club with Game 7 HR</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-20T19:41:58-07:00">October 20th, 7:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-20T19:41:58-07:00">October 20th, 7:41pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Game 7 is where legends are made of and Julio Rodriguez is not someone who typically lets moments to cement himself in history go to waste. On Monday night, with a World Series trip on the line for the Seattle Mariners, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-cal-raleigh-game-7-home-run">Rodriguez had himself yet another October moment to remember</a>, as he drilled a hanging slider to left-center field to put them ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-1, in the top of the third inning.</p><p>Rodriguez already did his damage in the first inning, as a leadoff double set up a run-scoring opportunity for the Mariners — with Josh Naylor driving home the three-time All-Star for the first run of the game. As much as 2025 has been a struggle for Rodriguez to the point where he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-julio-rodriguez-skips-out-mlb-all-star-game">declined to participate in the All-Star Game</a> despite being included, his star is shining once more, even putting him in some exclusive company.</p><p>According to Mariners PR on X (formerly Twitter), Rodriguez <a href="https://x.com/MarinersPR/status/1980441761379152131" rel="noopener">became just the third player</a> age 24-or-younger to hit a home run in a Game 7, joining Mickey Mantle (who did so during the 1952 World Series, which Mantle’s New York Yankees won) and Cody Bellinger (who hit a homer during Game 7 of the 2018 NLCS, a game which his Los Angeles Dodgers went on to win as well).</p><p>The precedent for this is promising for the Mariners because, as noted above, the teams of those who accomplished this feat went on to win those contests. Alas, at the moment, Seattle is no longer in the driver’s seat, as they now find themselves down 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh after George Springer hit a monster three-run shot.</p><h2><b>Julio Rodriguez holds the trident for the Mariners in Game 7</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Mariners-center-fielder-Julio-Rodriguez-44-celebrates-2.jpg"><figcaption>© John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Rodriguez has been a star for the Mariners since day one, although it seems as though the heavy workload in centerfield is contributing to a decline in overall production from the wonderkid. Nevertheless, the talent has and always will be there for Rodriguez, and it is fitting that he is someone who holds the trident for Seattle in the biggest game in franchise history to this point.</p><p>The Mariners centerfielder has had his moments this postseason, and he’s now hitting for an OPS of .826 in the 2025 playoffs. However, with the Blue Jays having taken the lead, Seattle will need him to come up huge one more time. With one swing of the bat, they can at least tie the game and, at worst, send the game to extras.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez joins Mickey Mantle club with Game 7 HR

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-cal-raleigh-game-7-home-run');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mariners star Cal Raleigh joins Julio Rodriguez in Game 7 HR party');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cal-Raleigh-joins.jpg"><figcaption>Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><h1>Mariners star Cal Raleigh joins Julio Rodriguez in Game 7 HR party</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-20T19:28:01-07:00">October 20th, 7:28pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-20T19:28:26-07:00">October 20th, 7:28pm</time><address><a>Josh Davis</a>Josh Davis is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints with a focus on MLB. As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Seattle Mariners are holding a late-game lead over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 of the ALCS as they look to secure the franchise’s first World Series appearance. Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodriguez have each launched solo home runs, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-eugenio-suarez-shouts-out-fans-game-5-grand-slam">powering Seattle’s offense</a> in a high-stakes battle at Rogers Centre.</p><p>Rodriguez struck first, tying the game with a third-inning blast to center field after the Blue Jays opened the scoring in the second. His homer, the third of his postseason, brought energy back to a lineup that had been quiet early.</p><p>In the fifth, Raleigh added on. The catcher crushed a 1-0 change-up from Louis Varland 412 feet to right field, pushing the Mariners in front, 3–1. The ball came off the bat at 108 mph, continuing a postseason power surge for the switch-hitter.</p><p>The MLB’s official X account (formerly known as Twitter) posted a clip of the homer moments after it left the park, <a href="https://x.com/MLB/status/1980449317786931508" rel="noopener">capturing a key momentum</a> shift.</p><p>“CAL RALEIGH GOES YARD 🍑”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">CAL RALEIGH GOES YARD 🍑 <a href="https://t.co/0MAVaDbxQv">pic.twitter.com/0MAVaDbxQv</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1980449317786931508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><p>Raleigh’s shot marked his fifth of the 2025 postseason, adding to an impressive playoff stretch for the catcher. His knack for delivering in clutch moments continues to define this October run for the club.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/mariners-news-seattle-loses-game-6-sloppy-game-not-seen-2009">The Mariners entered the night</a> having split the first six games with Toronto. With Game 7 underway, both teams are trading momentum, but Seattle’s homegrown stars are answering the call when it matters most.</p><p>Fans across Seattle are watching closely as the franchise seeks its first trip to the World Series. With more innings to play, all eyes are on the bullpen and bats to hold the edge and finish the job.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners star Cal Raleigh joins Julio Rodriguez in Game 7 HR party

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He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/clutchpoints-2025-mlb-power-rankings-vol-31-game-seven">have reached Game 7 of the 2025 American League Championship Series</a>, which is being played at Rogers Centre in Toronto this Monday night. With everything on the line, both teams are expected to give it their all to get to the World Series, where Shohei Ohtani and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-tanner-scott-world-series-return">reigning MLB champions Los Angeles Dodgers are already waiting</a> for their next opponent.</p><p>Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor appeared to embody the whatever-it-takes kind of mentality in such a do-or-die game, as he seemingly tried to break up an inning-ending double play at the top of the first inning — by using his head, specifically his helmet.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Blue Jays get the inning-ending double play after Josh Naylor is called for interference, where the ball hit him in the helmet.<a href="https://t.co/ecYjeUTvp4">pic.twitter.com/ecYjeUTvp4</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1980431425158672808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>However, Naylor’s dangerous move went for naught, as umpires later ruled tha<a href="https://x.com/BenVerlander/status/1980434449256075625" rel="noopener">t it was an illegal interference</a>.</p><p>As pointed out by baseball personality Ben Verlander, the MLB rule book says that “Any batter or runner who has just been put out, or any runner who has just scored, hinders or impedes any following play being made on a runner. Such runner shall be declared out for the interference of his teammate.”</p><p>Nevertheless, Naylor had already given the Mariners an early boost in Game 7, as his single in the first inning drove Julio Rodriguez to home plate to put Seattle ahead, 1-0.</p><p>Naylor, who started the 2025 MLB season with the Arizona Diamondbacks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/josh-naylor-trade-grades-mariners-diamondbacks">before getting traded to the Mariners</a> before the trade deadline, entered Monday’s game hitting .341/.383/.591 with three home runs and four RBIs to go with two stolen bases in 11 games in the 2025 postseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mariners’ Josh Naylor attempts bizarre helmet block to prevent Blue Jays double play

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A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Game 7 in the MLB postseason means all hands on deck, and that’s certainly the case for the Seattle Mariners and Toronto <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-vladimir-guerrero-jr-dad-game-7-advice">Blue Jays when they play for the American League pennant</a> on Monday.</p><p>Blue Jays pitchers Kevin Gausman and Max Scherzer are both available out of the bullpen to back up starter Shane Bieber, and if both get into the game, it will be an <a href="https://x.com/JustBB_Media/status/1980112475816108204" rel="noopener">odd repeat of history</a>. As the fine folks at Just Baseball pointed out, the last relief appearance for each actually came in the same game — when Gausman pitched for the San Francisco Giants and Scherzer for the Los Angeles Dodgers.</p><p>It was Game 5 of the 2021 NLDS. Gausman got the last two outs of the top of the 9th inning that night after Cody Bellinger broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI single off Camilo Doval. That turned out to be the game-winning hit, as Scherzer came in for the Dodgers to slam the door and earn the save.</p><p>The Dodgers went on to lose to the eventual World Series champion Atlanta Braves in the NLCS. Fittingly, the winner of Monday’s Game 7 will face the Dodgers in the 2025 Fall Classic.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-kevin-gausman-draws-alcs-game-1-start">Gausman has already made two starts against the Mariners</a> in this ALCS. He pitched 5.2 innings in both games 1 and 5, giving up three hits in both and three total runs. The Blue Jays lost both of those games. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-max-scherzer-left-teammates-terrified-join-mound-visit">Scherzer went 5.2</a> in his Game 4 start as well, allowing two runs on three hits.</p><p>But it will all start with Bieber, who made a grand total of seven regular season starts. He came up big for the Blue Jays in Game 3 as Toronto was trying to avoid a 3-0 series hole. Bieber went six innings and struck out eight batters while giving up two runs on four hits.</p><p>The Mariners will counter with George Kirby, who is looking to make up for a woeful Game 3 performance where he gave up three home runs — and eight total runs — in the 13-4 loss.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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