The Mariners Just Lost By Choking In a Way We’ve Never Seen Before in The Playoffs

It always felt like this one was going to go seven, right? And the Blue Jays officially locked up this reality yesterday with a six-2 victory over the M’s. But much like how the previous game featured a notable moment in the eighth that existed somewhat under the surface relative to the final box score, yesterday’s game did too. This time going against Seattle when their offense proceeded to choke away two prime opportunities in a fashion we’d never seen in the postseason before. Then registering a separate feat that hadn’t happened in 20 years immediately after. Things really got started in game six of the ALCS in the bottom of the second when following Treya Savage striking out the side, Daltton Varo led off with a single to center field which ended up getting misplayed by Julio Rodriguez allowing the lefty to get to second. Ernie Clement then reached on a miscue as well, this time by Auano Suarez. Two batters, two errors is not a good start and they would be forced to pay for this soon after when Addison Barger lined a single into right field to give the Blue Jays a one- nothing lead. This would be doubled shortly after when IF flipped a softly hit ground ball to Suarez, who couldn’t make the play on a bare hand. Things could have really gotten ugly from here, but you got to commend Mariner starter Logan Gilbert for his tenacity as he struck out two of the next three batters before Suarez atoned for his mistake earlier in the frame with a diving play to save a couple runs. This takes us to the Mariners’s first monumentally wasted opportunity when in the top of the third JP Crawford drew a leadoff walk after a strike out from Dominic Kzone. Leo Reebos came to the plate and crushed a ball 360 ft to right field. One that Addison Barger couldn’t manage to secure on a leap. However, because of a bad read off of first by JP, he only ended up getting a single on this. The team was still set up for big things after Julio Rodriguez drew a walk, bringing MVP candidate Cal Raleigh to the plate. But he would not be able to come through here, hitting a ball hard at 101 miles an hour, but right to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who turned it into a double play with a nice feed and good job covering Bay Savage. This had to feel terrible leaving all those runners on, right? And it would get even worse when in the bottom of that very frame, Addison Barger cracked a two-out home run, doubling Toronto’s lead to 4 nothing. Seattle had to respond. And again, it looked like they were about to when Josh Naylor and Randy Rosena registered backto-back singles ahead of a Suarez walk, loading the bases again with one out. This brought JP to the plate with a chance to redeem himself for his earlier blunder. But the veteran lefty would not be able to do any such thing, grounding a ball on a hop to Kinder Fa, allowing him to start a double play even more routine than the last. This made the Mariners the first team in postseason history to ground into bases loaded double plays in back-to-back inning, according to Sportsnet stats on Twitter. And of course, what made it even worse was the fact that there was one out in both frames as well, meaning they put six runners on base with nothing to show for it. Insult would then be added to injury when Kenzone let off with a single in the fifth, only to be wiped out when later on J-Rod grounded into an inning-ending DP, allowing you Savage to become the first player to induce inning double plays in three straight innings in the postseason since Chris Carpenter in 2005, according to Sarah Langs. Those are two feats that no team wants to be a part of. But you know what team did post something they could be proud of? The Blue Jays and specifically Vlatty Jr. who in the bottom of the fifth crushed a line drive home run to left field, tying Joe Carter and Jose Bautista for the most home runs in postseason franchise history for a career, let alone single playoff run. Remember, he’s also had just two strikeouts during this time as well. Seattle would manage to get a couple on the board in the top of the sixth with an nonchalant nailer blast and then a single that scored to Rosarena from first base, but it wouldn’t end up mattering much because they couldn’t get anything going offensively after. Eventually having to watch as their deficit grew back to four after Cal Raleigh threw a ball away to third base following a wild pitch. A contest that had felt over for a few frames officially came to an end when Kenzone popped up to Ernie Clement, clinching a game seven that, like I said in the intro, always felt like it was destined to happen. All right, everybody. 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40 comments

  9. The Bluejays are going to have a LOT of trouble with the Dodgers. Having watched a bunch of their games I just don't see the same talent level there and predict a Dodger win….though the 'Jays might squeak out a game win or two along the way. Series to the Dodgers…you can bank on it.

  10. I can’t believe Mariners were starting to celebrate deep in their clubhouse with “8 outs away” shirts on champagne in hand and that aquaman fork trident thing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    Jays were 6 outs away in game 5 from sweeping all home games in Seattle but still meant nothing

  11. They didnt choke. The blue jays just dug deep. The jays offense puts pressure on other teams. That creates mistakes. The jays defense is also the best in the league.

  12. Seattle coach killed his team when he pulled his pitcher lmfaoo thank you to the coach of the Mariners for fu€king up on your coaching job 😅😅😅

  18. It's the Mariners. It's against the law for them to make the world series. Not win it, to just make it there. Not allowed. Straight to jail. I don't make the rules.

  20. How is this a choke job? Mariners overperformed this season and gave their fanbase something to look FORWARD to. I will be cheering for the Jays, because go Canada.

  22. Biggest choke job in a LCS? 1992 Pirates v. Braves. Pirates up 2-0, bottom of the 9th, Braves at bat. Terry Pendleton leads off with a double. Second baseman Jose Lind then butchers a routine ground ball. Instead of one out, a runner on third, it's runners on first and third, no outs. Pirates still lead 2-1 with two outs, bases loaded. Career reserve Francisco Cabrera lines a single to Barry Bonds in LF. David Justice, who had reached on the error, scores from third. Sid Bream (who had walked) lumbers from second and slides across the plate, just beating Bonds' off-line throw to home. It was the third year in a row the Pirates lost in the NLCS (and was immediately followed by 20 consecutive losing seasons). Now that is how to choke away a pennant!

  24. Hey Seattle…I sympathize with you. Usually this happens to the NHL Maple Leafs. We haven’t seen the Stanley Cup finals in 58 years. I feel your pain.

  26. Look, someone goes home, someone goes on. This is the way of the playoffs in any sport. You can say all you want, like "oh that team choked", but at the end of the day, the losing team just did not execute what they needed to execute. And sometimes you do everything you are supposed to do, but you come up a against a squad that is just better then you that year, and you make a few screw ups and that's it. It's not the end of the world but fans and media make it that. Seattle went further then any Mariners team of the past that i can remember. It was a great game 7 that could have gone either way.

  27. That was hardly a choke. It was tough fight down to the wire. It's insulting to both teams to suggest that it was anything but a hard-fought battle to the wire. Thankfully, I could tell your post was crap just by the title so I didn't have to give you a click.

  32. My god. Anytime Canadians beat Americans, its always what the Americans did to lose, and never the Canadians were the better team.

    There is a reason why Americans put Canadian flags on their backpacks and suitcases when traveling.

    Americans are considered arrogant and are hated worldwide, despite them thinking they are the greatest the world has ever seen.

    Wake up and realize the world does not revolve around you.

  33. Mariners didn’t choke, that series was amazing, and both teams had their ups and downs. Can’t take anything away from Seattle at all, easily could have gone the other way. That is post season baseball at its finest, only down side is that one team had to lose. They both deserve to be in the finals.

  37. As a casual Jays fan, Mariners didn't choke. A choke would've been throwing a fastball straight down the middle for Vladdy or Springer with 2 outs in the 9th and runners on.

    A choke would've been giving up 4 goals in the 3rd period against Bosto—–😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  38. They did not choke, they just got beat. Errors are a part of the game , they happen. Please do not disrespect the Mariners as they are a very good team that fell one game short. You obviously do not understand or know the game bro.

  39. That title is pure Trumpian clickbait. Many teams have "collapsed" like this in the playoffs, including the Blue Jays in 2015 after downing the Rangers (with the infamous bat flip). Also the aforementioned Rangers who were 2 games up in a best of three and lost.

    Titles like this are what curb my subscribing impulses.

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