It would have been a lot easier for everyone involved if the Mariners just closed out the Blue Jays in Game 6 and punched their first-ever World Series ticket.

An announced sellout crowd of 46,981 came to T-Mobile Park, anticipating the Mariners would take a 3-1 series lead. When first baseman Josh Naylor hit a solo homer in the second inning, the bitter aftertaste of Wednesday’s 13-4 loss turned into fresh hope that this night would end happily.

No problem: the Rangers promptly swept through Tampa Bay, Baltimore, Houston and Arizona, going 11-0 on the road to win their only championship. On their World Series ring s, they engraved the first letters of their opponents’ names – Rays, Orioles, Astros, Diamondbacks.

Eugenio Suárez sent T-Mobile Park into bedlam with an eighth-inning grand slam off Toronto reliever Seranthony Domínguez for a 6-2 win over the Blue Jays that has put the Seattle Mariners one win away from a trip to the World Series.

For six years, the Seattle Mariners have been the sole members of a club nobody wants to be a part of. But that club could be folding very soon.

Do you consider yourself the biggest Mariners fan in Washington? Or do you know someone worthy of that honor? Tell us!

The Mariners are on the cusp of the first pennant in franchise history. With a 6-2 win on Friday in Game 6, Seattle is now a win against the Toronto Blue Jays from advancing to the World Series. At minimum, this is the closest the M's have ever been.

SPOKANE, WASH- As the Mariners make their historic run Mayor Lisa Brown is issuing support from the second biggest city in the State of Washington!