Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (right) and Anthony Santander celebrate against the Mariners. Steven Bisig/Imagn Images/Reuters

The Toronto Blue Jays burst into life in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) with a 13-4 rout of the Seattle Mariners .

The Blue Jays had 18 hits and five home runs as they cut the deficit in the series to 2-1, comfortably outperforming the four runs and eight hits they managed across the first two games in Toronto.

It was the Mariners who scored first on center fielder Julio Rodríguez’s two-run homer in the first inning, but the Jays responded in style with a five-run third inning, kickstarted by second baseman Andrés Giménez’s two-run shot.

George Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Alejandro Kirk and Addison Barger all added home runs for Toro

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