Springer HR sends Blue Jays to 1st WS since '93

TORONTO -- George Springer enactment his nine up with a three-run homer successful the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays precocious to the World Series for the archetypal clip since 1993 by beating the Seattle Mariners 4-3 successful Game 7 of the American League Championship Series connected Monday night.

It was the archetypal go-ahead homer successful Game 7 past erstwhile a squad trailed by aggregate runs successful the seventh inning oregon later. And the Blue Jays bullpen took implicit from there, registering the last six outs, including the past 3 from person Jeff Hoffman.

"Just lb the zone, and don't get to [Cal] Raleigh. That was honestly my goal," Hoffman told FOX connected the postgame show. "Get Strike 1, enactment them away, bash it quickly, and fto the guys down maine work."

The Blue Jays volition big Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers successful Game 1 connected Friday nighttime erstwhile the World Series comes to Canada for the 3rd time. The defending champion Dodgers swept Milwaukee successful the NLCS.

"The at-bats earlier me. If it's not for those guys, that at-bat doesn't happen," Springer told FOX, referring to his 2 teammates who were connected basal successful clip for his homer. "I'm conscionable truthful blessed for our team, retired fans, our city, our country. I'm truthful blessed close now."

Raleigh and Julio Rodriguez each deed a solo location tally for the Mariners successful the team's archetypal Game 7 but Seattle failed to scope its archetypal World Series, leaving the heartbroken Mariners arsenic the lone large league squad without a pennant. Raleigh, who led the majors with 60 homers successful the regular season, made it 3-1 with a leadoff homer against Louis Varland successful the fifth.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.