The Blue Jays are headed to the World Series behind George Springer’s clutch home run

For the first time since 1993, Toronto Blue Jays Heading to the World Series.

And they can thank a winning man for the opportunity.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, with runners on second and third with no one out, George Springer singled to tie the game at 3-1. Seattle MarinersA team desperate for the first-ever World Series in franchise history.

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Toronto Blue Jays right fielder George Springer (4) Oct. 20. hits three runs against the Seattle Mariners in the seventh inning of the ALCS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs on 2025 at Rogers Center. (John E. Sokolowski/Imagine Images)

Springer decided to make one good, sitting on Edward Buzzardo’s fastball over the left-field fence to take a 4-3 lead. The Blue Jays needed this swing to cement their American League pennant victory.

The Blue Jays will now face the champion Los Angeles Dodgers Friday night in Game 1 of the World Series.

The Blue Jays force Game 7 with a decisive win over the Mariners

The series was packed from the start, but saw the Blue Jays come back from a 3-2 series deficit and need two straight wins to become pennant winners. Wladimir Guerrero Jr. and Addison Barger forced a Game 7 win at home on Sunday night.

But Monday night didn’t start the way Toronto would have liked, as Josh Naylor got Seattle started with an RBI single to score Julio Rodriguez. However, Dalton Varsho, another clutch hitter for the Blue Jays all season, tied the game with a single to center to score Springer.

20 Oct. Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez (44) hits a home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during Game 7 of the ALCS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs at Rogers Centre, 2025. (Dan Hamilton/Imagine Images)

Then, in the top of the third inning, Rodriguez belted a solo home run to left center to put the Mariners back on top. And who but Cal Raleigh, the AL MVP hopeful, came through when his team needed it with a solo home run in the top of the fifth inning to make it 3-1.

With the Mariners’ pitching staff being one of the best in baseball all year, there were options on who to deploy late in the game because it was an all-hands-on-deck situation. After George Kirby gave him four innings, Mariners manager Dan Wilson went with Brian Woo, and Woo gave him clean sheets in the fifth and sixth innings.

But Woo opened the door with a walk to Barger to start the seventh inning, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa woke Rogers Center with a single that put runners on first and second with nobody out. After Andres Gimenez moved them in with a sacrifice bunt, Bazardo came in to face Springer.

Springer came up.

Jeff Hoffman started the celebration by striking out all three batters, including Rodriguez, in the ninth inning.

Toronto Blue Jays right fielder George Springer (4) celebrates running the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the Seattle Mariners in the seventh inning of the ALCS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs on October 20, 2025 at Rogers Centre. (Dan Hamilton/Imagine Images)

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The Blue Jays hope they can do what that team did in 1993, as Toronto captured the World Series title that season.

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