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Five days after he started one of the most epic games in Mariners history, George Kirby will take the mound again Wednesday with a chance to take Seattle closer to the World Series than ever before.

TORONTO – After conceding nine consecutive runs in a stunning loss to the Detroit Tigers, a song cruelly thumped through the Mariners’ clubhouse. It seemed, at the time, like a fitting nod to this fan base’s unending agony.

TORONTO – Three instant impressions after the Mariners beat the Blue Jays 10-3 in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Monday afternoon to take a 2-0 lead in the series:

TORONTO – The proper selection of the T-shirt, whether it’s for pregame work or postgame interviews, is made with intent out of superstition, personal promotion and purposeful messaging. They had “Pho Kit” shirts made to match a mindset needed to push their way into the postseason and winning the American League West – a story for another day in the playoffs.

TORONTO – On Friday, the Seattle Mariners played 15 innings to clinch a trip here for the American League Championship Series. On Saturday, they flew across the continent, arriving at their hotel near midnight after a three-hour flight delay.

TORONTO – The Mariners, on paper, had no business winning Game 1 of this American League Championship Series.

TORONTO — Thirty years ago, the Mariners won a wild, emotional, exhausting and rather memorable Game 5 of the American League Division Series, and two days later rolled out something resembling a functional lineup for the first game of the American League Championship Series.

TORONTO – “The Double” doesn’t need another tribute. It doesn’t need to be a talking point on TV. It doesn’t need its grainy replay rolled yet again, annual nostalgia in place of something new.

TORONTO – One by one, Mariners starters Logan Gilbert, Luis Castillo and Bryce Miller approached the manager’s office inside the T-Mobile Park home clubhouse Thursday evening and made their pitch to Dan Wilson.

TORONTO – For the Mariners’ taxed pitching staff, a vital reinforcement appears on the horizon.

SEATTLE – In the greatest game in Mariners history, a larger-than-life presence emerged out of the bullpen in the top of the ninth inning in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, and the Kingdome crowd erupted in earsplitting cheers.