George Springer blasted a three-run home run to end the Toronto Blue Jays' 32-year wait to return to the World Series on Monday, crushing the Seattle Mariners' dreams of a first ever appearance in Major League Baseball's championship finale.

Springer's seventh-inning 381-foot rocket into left field propelled the Blue Jays to a 4-3 game seven victory after the Mariners had taken a 3-1 lead at Toronto's Rogers Centre.

The Blue Jays will now face the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-seven battle for the Fall Classic, with game one set for Toronto on Friday.

It will be the Blue Jays first appearance in the World Series since the Canadian franchise won back-to-back titles in 1992 and 1993.

"I'm just so happy for our team, our city, our country," an elated Springer told Fo

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