TORONTO — It was a tough start to the American League Championship Series for the Toronto Blue Jays. Canada’s team headed west for Game 3 in Seattle facing a daunting 2-0 deficit in the best-of-seven playoff.

Part of the reason for Toronto’s big hole? A big Game 2 performance by a Canadian slugger, Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor.

Born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario, the city immediately west of Toronto, Naylor went 3 for 4 with a two-run homer in a Game 2 10-3 victory, putting the Mariners two wins from their first World Series appearance.

Naylor is the eldest of three baseball-playing brothers all drafted in the first round. Middle brother Bo is a catcher for the Cleveland Guardians, while little brother Myles is a minor league infielder in the Athletics organization.

Naylor’s

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