Cal Raleigh just continues to torment the Toronto Blue Jays in the Rogers Centre.

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The All-Star catcher helped spark the Seattle Mariners’ 3-1 win over the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday night, blasting a game-tying 420-foot solo home run in the sixth inning to kickstart the scoring for the M’s.

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It was Raleigh’s second homer of the postseason after his record-setting 60-homer regular season. And it was Raleigh’s ninth homer in 53 career at-bats at the Rogers Centre, including both the regular season and playoffs. He also homered in Toronto in Game 1 of the 2022 AL wild card round.

Raleigh entered the night with the highest OPS (1.195) and the highest slugging percentage (.820) in Rogers Centre history among players with at least 50 plate appearances in the stadium.

It was also Raleigh’s fourth homer in 17 career at-bats against two-time All-Star right-hander Kevin Gausman.

Gausman had retired 16 straight batters before leaving a 2-2 splitter over the lower part of the strike zone against Raleigh in the sixth. Batting left-handed, Raleigh clubbed it into the right-field seats for a no-doubt solo blast that broke the ice for Seattle.

Julio Rodríguez then followed with a two-out walk, which prompted Toronto to go to its bullpen. Rodríguez then advanced to second on a wild pitch from reliever Brendon Little and scored on an RBI single by Jorge Polanco to give the Mariners a 2-1 lead.

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