The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Sport 7 of ALCS to safe their first World Sequence look since 1993. They now face the Los Angeles Dodgers for a shot on the Commissioner’s Trophy.
Seattle was up 3-1 within the seventh inning of the winner-take-all sport, however a 3-run dwelling run off the bat of George Springer catapulted the Blue Jays into the lead. The Mariners by no means even had a baserunner over the ultimate two innings.
Springer’s was the primary go-ahead homer in Sport 7 historical past when a crew trailed by a number of runs within the seventh inning or later.
The Blue Jays now look to win their third title in franchise historical past. The Dodgers, who swept the Milwaukee Brewers to safe the Nationwide League pennant, wish to repeat as World Sequence champions and take dwelling a ninth title.
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jeff Hoffman celebrates after the ultimate out of the ninth inning in Sport 7 of baseball’s American League Championship Sequence in opposition to the Seattle Mariners, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Toronto.
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The Blue Jays will host Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers in Friday night time’s opener as Los Angeles tries to grow to be the primary repeat winner in 1 / 4 century.
Toronto hosts the opener as a result of it completed the common season with 94 wins, another than the Dodgers.
The Blue Jays had been taking part in in a Sport 7 for the primary time since shedding at dwelling to Kansas Metropolis within the 1985 ALCS.
Toronto slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrived on the stadium sporting a Maple Leafs hockey jersey with Auston Matthews’ identify and quantity. Fortuitously for Guerrero, his crew didn’t comply with in Matthews’ footsteps, because the star ahead is 0-6 in Sport 7s with Toronto throughout his 10 seasons within the NHL.
Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodríguez every hit a solo dwelling run for the Mariners within the crew’s first Sport 7 however Seattle failed to succeed in its first World Sequence, leaving the heartbroken Mariners as the one main league crew and not using a pennant.
Addison Barger walked to start the seventh and Isiah Kiner-Falefa adopted with a single. Seattle right-hander Bryan Woo was eliminated after Andrés Giménez superior the runners with a sacrifice bunt, and Springer greeted Eduard Bazardo along with his fourth homer of this postseason, a 381-foot drive to left area that obtained the sellout crowd of 44,770 roaring.
The Dodgers, in the meantime, have overrun opponents through the postseason. Ohtani is starring on the plate and on the mound, a efficiency that might be deemed CGI if not witnessed by 1000’s in individual.
“Sometimes you’ve got to check yourself and touch him to make sure he’s not just made of steel,” teammate Freddie Freeman stated.
However earlier than his three-homer on the plate and 10-strikeouts, six-scoreless innings mound present Friday night time, Ohtani’s bat had been slumping.
He’s hitting .220 with 5 homers and 9 RBIs within the postseason and is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA in a pair of pitching begins, hanging out 19 and strolling 4 in 12 innings.
Los Angeles is the primary defending champion to succeed in the World Sequence for the reason that 2009 Philadelphia Phillies, who misplaced to the New York Yankees in six video games. No crew has gained consecutive titles for the reason that Yankees took three in a row from 1998-2000. The hole is the longest in baseball historical past, topping the earlier excessive between the 1977-78 Yankees and the 1992-93 Blue Jays.
