The Dodgers are back to defend their title. Los Angeles completed an NLCS sweep of the Brewers on Thursday, winning 5-1 at Dodger Stadium to secure the franchise’s 23rd trip to the World Series. After defeating the Yankees in the 2024 Fall Classic,

Cal Raleigh’s leadoff home run tied Game 5 of the American League Championship Series in the bottom of the eighth, and four batters later, Eugenio Suárez unleashed an opposite-field grand slam that lifted the Mariners to a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at T-Mobile Park.

It is no exaggeration to say the most important swing of the bat by a Mariner in 30 years happened on Friday night.

SEATTLE (AP) — Eugenio Suárez hit a go-ahead grand slam after Cal Raleigh’s tying drive in a five-run eighth inning, giving the Seattle Mariners a 6-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday and a 3-2 lead in the American League Championship Series.

The Mariners' chase for a chance in the World Series is being celebrated by fans of all ages, including some young baseball fans.

The Seattle Mariners' and Toronto Blue Jays' quests for a World Series appearance continue Friday, as the two face off in Game 5 of the ALCS in Seattle before the series shifts back to Toronto. The ALCS has been stellar so far: The Mariners took a two-game lead to start, then the Blue Jays evened things up with a pair of dominant road wins.

Maybe, if they played this series again — say, in a stretch when the Dodgers’ starting pitching wasn’t historically dominant — the Brewers would win it. They did, after all, beat the Dodgers in all six games they played in the regular season.

ESPN reporter Alden Gonzalez recaps last night’s game between the Dodgers and the Brewers that gave the Los Angeles team a ticket to the World Series.