Eight outs from AL pennant, Mariners waste lead and remain only team without a World Series trip

Eight outs from their first World Series, the Seattle Mariners let it slip away. Eduard Bazardo gave up George Springer's three-run homer in the seventh inning, and the Mariners lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Monday night in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. “I hate to use the word failure, but it’s a failure,” Seattle star Cal Raleigh said.