Seattle Mariners season ends, Springer’s Game 7 blast sends Blue Jays to 1st World Series since ’93

George Springer hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Monday night, sending Toronto to the World Series for the first time since 1993.

The Mariners led 3-1 before Springer’s decisive swing turned the game — and the series — in Toronto’s favor.

According to the Associated Press, it was the first go-ahead homer in Game 7 history when a team trailed by multiple runs in the seventh inning or later.

The win capped an emotional American League Championship Series, with both teams trading leads and momentum through seven games.

The Blue Jays will host Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night.

The Dodgers, the defending champions, swept Milwaukee in the National League Championship Series.

Toronto’s return marks the third time the World Series will be played in Canada.

The Blue Jays won back-to-back championships in 1992 and 1993, the last time they reached the Fall Classic.

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8:01 p.m. - Top of 9 - Jeff Hoffman replaces Chris Bassitt. Rivas strikes out. Pinch-hitter Dominic Canzone replaces Victor Robles. Canzone strikes out. Rodríguez strikes out. Blue Jays win, 4-3.

7:51 p.m. - Bottom of 8 - Andrés Muñoz replaces Eduard Bazardo. Varsho singles. Clement singles, Varsho moves to 3rd. Barger lines into unassisted double play. Varsho stays on 3rd. Kiner-Falefa grounds out. 4-3 Blue Jays. ESPN win probability: 85% Blue Jays

7:42 p.m. - Top of 8 - Chris Bassitt replaces Kevin Gausman. Arozarena grounds out. Suárez strikes out. Crawford grounds out. 4-3 Blue Jays. ESPN win probability: 88.3% Blue Jays

7:36 p.m. - Bottom of 7 - Barger walks. Kiner-Falefa singles. Giménez sacrifice bunt, runners advance to 2nd and 3rd. Eduard Bazardo replaces Bryan Woo. Springer home run, Blue Jays up 4-3. Lukes singles. Guerrero Jr. lines out. Kirk strikes out. 4-3 Blue Jays. ESPN win probability: 76% Blue Jays

7:19 p.m. - Top of 7 - Kevin Gausman replaces Seranthony Domínguez. Robles walks. Rodríguez grounds into double play. Raleigh intentionally walked. Naylor walks. Polanco grounds out. 3-1 Mariners. ESPN win probability: 76.3% Mariners

7:08 p.m. - Bottom of 6 - Guerrero Jr. strikes out. Kirk singles. Varsho lines out. Clement grounds in force out. 3-1 Mariners. ESPN win probability: 80.5% Mariners

6:57 p.m. - Top of 6 - Seranthony Domínguez replaces Louis Varland. Suárez flies out. Crawford grounds out. Rivas pops out. 3-1 Mariners. ESPN win probability: 71.3% Mariners

6:51 p.m. - Bottom of 5 - Bryan Woo replaces George Kirby. Giménez walks. Springer strikes out. Lukes grounds into double play. 3-1 Mariners. ESPN win probability: 64.8% Mariners

6:44 p.m. - Top of 5 - Raleigh home run! Mariners up 3-1! Naylor lines out. Polanco grounds out. Arozarena flies out. 2-1 Mariners. ESPN win probability: 67% Mariners

6:37 p.m. - Bottom of 4 - Varsho strikes out. Clement flies out. Barger singles. Kiner-Falefa grounds out. 2-1 Mariners. ESPN win probability: 56.5% Mariners

6:28 p.m. - Top of 4 - Suárez strikes out. Crawford doubles. Rivas strikes out. Robles walks, runners on 1st and 2nd. Louis Varland replaces Shane Bieber. Rodríguez grounds out. 2-1 Mariners. ESPN win probability: 50.3% Blue Jays

6:14 p.m. - Bottom of 3 - Lukes strikes out. Guerrero Jr. flies out. Kirk lines out. 2-1 Mariners. ESPN finally has tipped their probability towards the Mariners, with a 52.3% of winning tonight.

6:07 p.m. - Top of 3 - Rodríguez home run! 2-1 Mariners! Raleigh grounds out. Naylor lines out. Polanco singles. Arozarena strikes out. 2-1 Mariners

5:54 p.m. - Bottom of 2 - Barger grounds out. Kiner-Falefa lines out. Giménez singles. Springer grounds out. 1-1

5:46 p.m. - Top of 2 - Arozarena singles. Suárez singles. Crawford sacrifice bunt, advances runners to 2nd and 3rd. Rivas strikes out. Robles grounds out. 1-1.

5:39 p.m. - Bottom of 1 - Springer walks. Lukes flies out. Guerrero Jr. singles, runners on 1st and 2nd. Kirk strikes out. Varsho singles, Springer scores. 1-1. Clements lines out.

5:24 p.m. - Top of 1 - Rodríguez doubles. Raleigh strikes out. Naylor singles. Mariners up 1-0! Polanco fielder’s choice, Naylor out at 2nd. On the throw to first, Naylor was hit in the helmet with the throw. He’s okay, but because of the interference, Polanco is out at first. 1-0 Mariners

5 p.m. - Alex Rodriguez has picked the Seattle Mariners to win. Derek Jeter, who is 0-5 in his ALCS picks, picked the Blue Jays.

ESPN has the Blue Jays as a 65.4% favorite to 34.6% for the Mariners.

4:53 p.m. - The Mariners just released this video. Who has chills?

4:25 p.m. - Fans heading to T-Mobile Park tonight for the Watch Party are asked to take public transportation, as the Seahawks are also playing tonight and parking will be limited in SODO.

Seahawks fans were also given tips in there were having issues with their tickets, to the international Amazon Web Services outage earlier today, which affected Ticketmaster. Information on that outage is here.

Shout out to Robin Lopez who has set up a “prayer circle” in her Toronto hotel room, which overlooks the game tonight.

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The Seattle Mariners will play the first Game 7 in franchise history Monday night against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, with a trip to the World Series on the line.

The Mariners are 3-0 all-time in winner-take-all postseason games, including decisive victories in the 1995 and 2001 American League Division Series and again 10 days ago in a 15-inning thriller against Detroit.

Monday’s matchup marks Seattle’s first elimination game on the road.

Seattle dropped Game 6 to Toronto, 6–2, on Sunday, evening the AL Championship Series at three games apiece.

Both franchises are chasing their first pennant—more than 30 years for the Blue Jays and never for the Mariners—the first time in MLB history that both clubs in a Championship Series have faced droughts that long.

Right-hander George Kirby will take the mound for Seattle, continuing his streak of starting or appearing in every series-clinching or elimination game since 2022.

In those appearances, he has a 0.69 ERA across 13 innings with 12 strikeouts and just one walk.

Kirby earned the win in the team’s 15-inning Game 5 triumph over the Tigers earlier this postseason.

Toronto will counter with veteran right-hander Shane Bieber, who is 1-0 with a 4.15 ERA this postseason.

Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh continues to anchor the lineup after one of the greatest offensive seasons in Mariners history.

Raleigh hit his 64th home run of the year Friday, extending his record as the most ever by a primary catcher, a switch-hitter, or a Mariner.

He led the majors with 60 regular-season homers and added four more in the playoffs.

Raleigh’s .976 career postseason OPS ranks highest among catchers in MLB history (minimum 70 plate appearances).

He has reached base in every postseason game this year.

Eugenio Suárez’s grand slam in Game 5 helped Seattle retake the series lead, marking only the second grand slam in franchise postseason history—joining Edgar Martinez’s in 1995.

Suárez has joined rare company among Mariners with multi-homer postseason performances.

First baseman Josh Naylor, a native of Mississauga, Ontario, has been one of Seattle’s most consistent bats this postseason, hitting .341 with three home runs.

Earlier in the series, he became the first visiting Canadian-born player ever to homer in a playoff game in Canada.

Infielder Jorge Polanco, who delivered the walk-off hit in the deciding ALDS Game 5 against Detroit, has added three homers in the playoffs.

Closer Andrés Muñoz has been perfect this postseason, throwing 7⅓ scoreless innings with two saves and allowing no hits.

Setup men Matt Brash and Eduard Bazardo have also combined for 16 appearances, holding opponents under a .200 average.

The Mariners are one victory away from clinching their first World Series appearance in their 48-year history.

A win Monday would send Seattle to face the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, who swept Milwaukee in the NLCS.

Game 7 begins at 5:10 p.m. and will air nationally on FOX.

Fans can also tune in to local radio coverage on 770 AM KTTH and ESPN Radio.

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