Springer's Homer Sends Blue Jays Into World Series
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To the sound of car horns and chants, thousands of Blue Jays fans poured into the streets of Toronto on Monday night celebrating the team’s first World Series berth in more than 30 years.
After Aaron Judge tied the game with a three-run home run, Jazz Chisholm Jr. gave the Yankees their first lead of the series, 7-6, when he ripped a knee-high fastball off the side of the second deck in right field for a solo home run in the fifth.
The Toronto Blue Jays came back from one of the most crushing losses in franchise history to force a winner-take-all battle in the American League Championship Series, using a trio of double plays in consecutive innings to deny the Seattle Mariners their first trip ever to the World Series.
Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh later expanded on the ALCS loss, which came after the valiant Jays battled back from a 2-0 series deficit.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered and scored on one of Seattle's three errors in Toronto's Game 6 win to stave off elimination