The Seattle Mariners' lead in the American League Championship Series is gone, and how they lost it is so jarring that it's hard to believe it was ever even there in the first place. There are bad losses and there are Bad Losses, and Games 3 and 4 are textbook examples.
Game 3 was a beatdown. And not just any beatdown, but a 13-4 beatdown in which the Toronto Blue Jays hit five home runs and scorched a handful of other balls. The Mariners found themselves on the wrong side of history — one of those losses that sucks but also makes you say, "Eh, it happens.