TORONTO — George Springer put Toronto ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning as the Blue Jays advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993 by beating the Seattle Mariners, 4-3, in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night.
ALCS MVP Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays will host NLCS MVP Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 on Friday night when the World Series comes to Canada for the third time.
“The job’s not finished. We got four more to go,” Guerrero said.
Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodriguez each hit a solo home run in the first postseason Game 7 in the Mariners’ 49-year history, but Seattle squandered a 3-1 lead in the seventh and fell eight outs short of advancing.
Addison Barger walked to begin the seventh, Isiah Kin