Yahoo Sports’ Andy Backstrom has you covered with a brief recap of the Mariners’ 6-2 win ove the Blue Jays to take the lead in the NLCS n Game 5:

Suárez, a 34-year-old trade-deadline acquisition in his second stint with the Mariners, launched a go-ahead grand slam in Game 5 of the ALCS on Friday, lifting the Seattle Mariners to a 6-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays and a 3-2 advantage in the series.

Seattle entered the eighth inning down 2-1 and then erupted for five runs, thanks to the power-surged bats of Cal Raleigh and Suárez, who also hit a solo shot in the second inning.

Defense, though, is what kept the Mariners in the game while their offense went soul searching.

Josh Naylor turned two after catching a lineout to first in the top of the third. In the top of the fourth, Seattle escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam. A timely strikeout from right-handed starter Bryce Miller was followed by a heads-up double play orchestrated by Raleigh, who retrieved a tapper before it rolled back foul, stepped on home plate and threw to first for the third out. In the top of the eighth, Mariners left fielder Randy Arozarena robbed Ernie Clement of a home run that would’ve given the Blue Jays an insurance run at the time.

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After Suárez’s solo home run gave the Mariners an early one-run lead, the Jays knotted the game at 1-1 with a George Springer double in the fifth after Mariners manager Dan Wilson pivoted from Miller to the bullpen. In the top of the seventh, Springer left the game after he took a Bryan Woo pitch to the knee.

Woo had entered the game in the sixth. It was the right-handed All-Star’s first outing since he left a Sept. 19 start against the Houston Astros due to pectoral tightness. The Blue Jays spoiled his return to the mound. Alejandro Kirk doubled and then scored on a single, putting Toronto up 2-1. On the scoring play, Clement swatted one to right, and all 245 pounds of the 5-foot-8 catcher rumbled home. The throw from Seattle right fielder Dominic Canzone was off the mark.

Meanwhile, Toronto continued to keep Seattle’s offense at bay. Kevin Gausman delivered a solid start, allowing only three hits and one run in 5 2/3 innings of work. Fellow righty Louis Varland recorded a pair of strikeouts over the next 1 1/3 innings. It wasn’t until the eighth that Seattle woke up at the plate.

Before the game, Wilson made serious changes to the heart of Seattle’s lineup. He moved Julio Rodríguez — typically the Mariners’ three- or four-hole hitter — to the leadoff spot. Naylor climbed up to cleanup, and Arozarena, who batted first in the first four games of the series, dropped to fifth in the order.

But Raleigh was still batting second. And that’s where he swung the momentum. Leading off the eighth, the Big Dumper took a Brendon Little pitch over the left-field wall to make it a 2-2 game. The high-arcing homer was the switching-hitting catcher’s 64th big fly of the year.

The left-handed Little walked the next two batters. Then righty Seranthony Domínguez came in and pelted Arozarena to load the bases. That was Suárez’s cue. The former Arizona Diamondback tallied his fourth grand slam of the season, causing pandemonium at T-Mobile Park.

The Mariners were outscored 21-6 in ALCS Games 3 and 4. Their bats were similarly quiet in Game 5 — until the eighth inning. Then Raleigh and Suárez rocked the Blue Jays, sending them back to Toronto with their backs against the wall in what is proving to be a thrilling ALCS.