TORONTO — Both on the mound and at the plate, power plays in the post-season, which is what made the way the Toronto Blue Jays took the rubber match of a three-game set with the visiting Chicago Cubs a glimpse at what it takes in October baseball.

Max Scherzer, having recently made what he described as a breakthrough with his irksome right thumb, continued to look stronger over seven innings of one-run ball. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. changed the game with one big swing in the seventh, his 20th homer of the season a go-ahead two-run drive off a strong Matt Boyd. And the bullpen turned up the heat to escape a jam in the eighth and lock things down in the ninth inning, collecting all six outs via strikeout.

All told, the 2-1 win over a fellow post-season contender on Wednesday afternoon had all

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