The Toronto Blue Jays have landed a punch in the ALCS.

After falling behind 2-0 in the first inning of Wednesday’s Game 3 against the Seattle Mariners, Toronto’s bats answered with a five-run third inning to snatch the lead back in front of a raucous T-Mobile Park crowd.

It all started with Ernie Clement, who ripped a leadoff double down the left-field line for his 11th hit of this post-season. Seattle’s lead lasted just two more pitches, as the Blue Jays got the big swing they had been looking for from perhaps the least likely member of their lineup to provide it.

Andrés Giménez lined a second-pitch sinker from Mariners starter George Kirby 399 feet over the wall in right-centre field to flip the momentum in the Pacific Northwest.

It was Giménez’s first home run since Aug. 27 and his

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