TORONTO – They played for the first time this year without the promise of a tomorrow and the Toronto Blue Jays earned themselves a Game 7 in the American League Championship Series. Trey Yesavage once again belied his age and inexperience to pitch not just beyond his years, but beyond those of most starters in the post-season. They scratched out runs and also got big swings, one from Addison Barger and yet another from Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who extended a playoff run destined for franchise lore.

And then they slayed a couple of demons, one old and one new, along the way, too, staving off elimination against the Seattle Mariners the way they didn’t while blowing an 8-1 lead in Game 2 of a 2022 wild-card series, and getting through the same pocket of hitters that started the fateful eighth

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