Eugenio Suárez’s CLUTCH GRAND SLAM makes the difference for the Mariners in Game 5 of the ALCS! 😳

Eugenio Suárez’s CLUTCH GRAND SLAM makes the difference for the Mariners in Game 5 of the ALCS! 😳

Here [Applause] comes the home run champion Cal Raleigh in a 2-1 game. And for the first time in this series, he’s going to bat right-handed. John Schneider calls on Brendan Little. They’ve wanted to give Raleigh different looks. Faces him for the first time here, representing the tying run. Bottom of the eighth. Little misses away. Miles Straw have pinch hitting. Stays in. Plays left. Lucas flips over to right. I’ll say this, they do a great job firing up this crowd in between innings. And the best way to fire up this cloud crowd is to do something offensively. They have struggled since coming home offensively have been non-existent. They need something huge to happen quick. They’re going to be trailing in this series. Here’s a high fly ball deep left field. Did he get enough? He did. Big dumper. Biggest swing. Game five tide. All right. Heat. See, that’s louder than anything they’ve done in between innings. That is a moment. Who knows? A moment. He’s had a lot. He dumps 64 over the left field wall [Applause] and ties game five. This is the highest home run I’ve seen live and there was still doubt that this was going to be rocked and you called it. Is it enough? And it was barely on. They’ve been waiting forever. Palano now. Visit from the pitching coach Pete Walker after Little gives up the leadoff home run to Cal Raleigh. Palanco takes ball two. And it’s got to feel like the walls are closing in on Brendan Little. Well, he knew coming in who he was facing. Turning around two guys and only guaranteed to face one lefty really. And that’s the third hitter, Naylor. He’s hoping to have that sinker not provide a long fly ball. That’s for sure. Yeah, it’s one of the many amazing things about Kowali’s season is that he’s done it from both sides of the plate. It’s like pick your poison. If you’re a manager, where do you want him to hit? That’s been the biggest change from previous years. He crushes left-handed pitching. came into the year with an OPS for his career against lefties of 700, which is below league average OPS. This year it’s above 1,000 MVP territory from his weaker side and he’s just a Shucks. Oh, Shucks a hit home run. It’s part of why it’s so easy to love him. He’s the everyman two and the board three. Mariners now getting greedy. They’ve tied it. Got their three hitter up there with a three and two count. Blanco one big swing after another in these playoffs. This time he doesn’t swing and he’s got to walk. Well, in the top of this eighth inning, Ernie Clement was this close to getting it out of here. It was going to be close if he didn’t catch it. If I was going to hit the front side of the wall or get off the top of it, Raleigh got it over the fence. The first late drama of this ALCS ball on Josh Naylor. [Music] It’s been amazing how much Toronto’s pressure has been on Seattle. And yet, you would think they would have, like we talked about, five runs. They only have two two swings. [Applause] And Seattle’s got this game tied with two solo home runs. [Music] [Applause] go ahead run at first. That’s Palano. Little’s one-1 pitch in the to nail it. Ball two. And at this point, that three batter minimum cannot be fulfilled fast enough if you’re John Schneider sitting over there. Dominguez ready for Rosena. Mariners hoping that it’s too late. 2-1. Not close. Heat [Applause] up here. Bring two. [Applause] Takes ball four. Go ahead run into scoring position. John Schneider back to the bullpen. All three batters that Brendan Little faces reach. Reach an understatement for what Cal Row did to start this inning. His 64th home run of the season. His biggest one yet. Heat. Heat. Brennan Little against the teeth of the lineup here succumbs. Sir Anthony Dominguez comes on. Two on, nobody out in a two- two game. Randy Rosena takes downstairs. Ball on. And if you’re wondering, is there a chance he could bunt? What say you, Joe? No chance. He’s never laid down a punt in his career. Two balls in, no strikes. And the leaping defensive play in the top of this inning. A nightmare of a postseason for Randy Rosena, but he’s got a chance to play hero right here. Mariners looking for the lead. Looking for the World Series for the first time ever. Two balls and one strike. became unglued on a fast ball that was on it. Wow. [Applause] Still behind their guy who on a two-1 pitch gets it. It’s unraveling on the Jays. Base is loaded. Nobody out. You hit a guy who can’t hit. Well, scenario is bases loaded, nobody out. And this is not one of those that you try to just give up one run cuz it’s the bottom of the eighth and you got to go with the infield in a swing and miss type guy. Strike out. Suarez. One and0. The problem with Dominguez in this spot, he has problems with walks. That’s one that goes 500 ft of swinging. Yeah, if you if you know that pitch is coming, that one’s the one that the hitters dream, but he was taken. Suarez somehow gets his bat on that. Fouls it off. One and two. So that swing right there, if you’re paying attention between the pitcher and the catcher, who is almost in the left-hander batter, this pitch has to be right back in that same spot. Gave them their first run with a home run. Base is loaded. Nobody out in the eighth. Suarez takes down. Got one more chance and then that’s it. Meaning one more chance at a pitch away off the plate to get him to swing. That one started too low. Also worry about a wild pitch with Dominguez. Two-2 fast sky foul out of play. The one thing that Suarez really never comes off of is fast balls. Doesn’t mean he you can’t get one by him. It’s just he’s not going to come off the fast ball. He’s more susceptible to the breaking ball on the outer third of the plate. Another two- two. It’s another fast ball. It’s driven the other way. It’s got a chance. It’s a grand slam. Heat [Applause] [Applause] up here. [Applause] Seattle is shaking. The Mariners lead game five, six-2. Second home run of the game for Auane Suarez is an opposite field grand slam. I just can’t believe they went with a fast ball. And I just that that pitch selection right there with a guy that’s been struggling and never comes off the fast ball. You allowed him to have a chance to do what he did. And boy oh boy did he deliver. [Applause] Crawford clutches one into shadow left center field and finally the first out of the inning after the fourth grand slam of the year from Suarez. Fast ball. Same swing maybe a little late but the power and the ability to hit a fast ball has never been questioned by Suarez. It’s can he stay off the breaking ball. Wow. [Applause] Kenzone with one away. [Applause] Well, it shows you where Toronto’s at on Jeff Hoffman who for a lot of the years has been their closer. This will be the spot to deploy two, three, and four. Instead, they go Brendan Little. He gives up the home run to Raleigh. Walks the next two guys. Dominguez comes in and gives up the grand slam. And the lead is gone. It’s a helpless feeling, right? The managers both have had some decisions that when they work out, they could feel great, but then they don’t, and it just it’s a gut. It’s just like a in your bottom of your gut. Trust your guy. The guys that come in normally would do X. They didn’t. Rebos grounded his second. The Mariners had seven runs in the three games here coming into this eighth inning. They get five and change everything. Raleigh tied it. Sorz popped the top off this place with a grand slam to the ninth. [Music]

The ENTIRE eighth inning between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners in Game 5 of the American League Championship Serieson October 17, 2025.

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