Toronto’s George Springer left Game 5 of the AL Championship Series after he was hit by the right kneecap on a 95.6 sinker from Seattle’s Bryan Woo.

Even with the retractable roof, T-Mobile Park is never completely sealed off from the elements. The roof acts more like an umbrella than a lid, keeping fans dry while still letting in the cool, marine air that makes Seattle’s climate unique.

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.

In spirit, the two have been connected for a while. Earlier this season, Raleigh used “Baby Got Back” as his walk-up song during a game, further embracing the fascination with his caboose. It was part of the Mariners’ genius campaign for the catcher to make his first All-Star Game.

Three decades after “The Double” cemented his place in Mariners lore, Edgar Martinez is back in October again: this time as a coach, watching another generation of Seattle hitters try to finish what that 1995 team started.

Humpy Fever has taken over Seattle. Baseball fans are rooting on the Mariners with their new favorite mascot: A life-vest and water-wings-clad salmon who has long been the underdog, er, underfish, of the Salmon Run during the seventh-inning stretch of home games.

You could feel it in the air. That electric, playoff-baseball buzz. Game 5 of the ALCS, everything knotted up, and the Seattle Mariners desperately needed a hero.