Blue Jays Return to World Series for First Time Since 1993 After George Springer’s Heroic Homer

The Toronto Blue Jays are heading to their first World Series since 1993. The Blue Jays completed an incredible comeback in more than one way on Monday night, defeating the Seattle Mariners by a 4-3 final in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.

It was the Mariners, not the Blue Jays, who held the advantage for most of Game 7. The top of Seattle's order stepped up in a big way in search of the franchise's first World Series appearance. Julio Rodríguez doubled to lead off the game and then scored on a Josh Naylor single. The Blue Jays would even the game in the bottom of the first, but Rodríguez and MVP hopeful Cal Raleigh each launched solo home runs to give the Mariners a 2-1 and then a 3-1 advantage heading into the late stages.

George Springer, whose status for Games 6 an