Just as notable as Springer's home run, the 23rd of his postseason career, was what happened right beforehand, when Mariners manager Dan Wilson made a pitching change. Wilson, in his first full year at the helm,

Mariners manager Dan Wilson faced questions as to why he opted to use Eduard Bazardo instead of Andrés Muñoz against George Springer in Game 7 Monday night.

The Mariners watched Cal Raleigh deliver his latest home run, only this time he crossed Babe Ruth territory in Game 7 against the Blue Jays.

The Mariners fell in a heartbreaker on Monday, losing Game 7 of the ALCS to the Toronto Blue Jays by a 4-3 final score. Seattle took a 3-1 lead into the seventh inning, but Blue Jays outfielder George Springer produced a go-ahead three-run home run that flipped the game on its head ( video here ).

There is something to be said for the best players showing up on the biggest stage, even if the ending was an unbearably painful.

The Seattle Mariners are 6-0 when they play on the same day as the Seattle Seahawks. “Go M’s for my dad, Frank, in Heaven — lifelong, diehard fan!” one “Seattle’s Morning News” listener wrote. “We used to drive up to ‘Cheapskate Hill’ above Sick’s Stadium to watch!!!”

Monday was going to be either the biggest game in Seattle Mariners history, or their most painful moment. Game 7 of the ALCS was the latter.

The Seattle Mariners were nine outs away from a first pennant when the season turned on one choice. In the bottom of the seventh, with a 3–1 lead and traffic on the bases, Seattle manager Dan Wilson went to Eduard Bazardo—his trusted pivot reliever—over Andres Munoz.

A widespread Amazon Web Services outage disrupted online services around the world Monday, including Ticketmaster systems relied upon for entry to Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.

Three days after Mariners fans in Seattle booed George Springer after a pitch hit him on the knee, the Blue Jays star got a measure of revenge.