Baseball, we will have a Game 7.
The Toronto Blue Jays struck early and often in Game 6 of the ALCS on Sunday en route to a 6-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
The win was Toronto’s first at home in the ALCS and only the second win by the home team in this series. It sets up a winner-take-all Game 7 on Monday with a trip to the World Series at stake.
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The Blue Jays will be seeking their first World Series trip since they won it all in 1993. The Mariners will be looking to clinch the first World Series berth in franchise history. The winner will take on a Los Angeles Dodgers team that’s seeking a second straight title and just swept the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS.
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The Blue Jays set up Sunday’s win with timely early hitting that secured a 4-0 lead through three innings. They then shut down multiple Mariners scoring chances with inning-ending double plays in three straight frames from the third through the fifth. Sloppy play from Seattle, including three errors and a wild pitch, helped Toronto tack on some insurance and hold on for the win.
Addison Barger, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. HRs put Mariners in early hole
Logan Gilbert got the start for the Mariners and lasted just four innings on a night the Blue Jays posted 11 hits. In the second inning, they scored two runs off three singles and an error for a 2-0 lead. Addison Barger then doubled that lead with a two-run home run in the fourth.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added a leadoff home run in the fifth to extend Toronto’s lead to 5-0 and put an end to Gilbert’s night. That was more than enough offense for the Blue Jays.
Seattle put some pressure on in the later innings, cutting Toronto’s lead to 5-2. But the Mariners couldn’t mount a threat against Toronto starter Trey Yesavage until the sixth, and the Blue Jays’ bullpen efforts from Louis Varland and Jeff Hoffman closed out the win.
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Seattle squanders chances
The Mariners had their chances in Game 6 but they couldn’t capitalize after loading the bases in the third and fourth innings.
Seattle loaded the bases with one out in the third on a Julio RodrÃguez walk to set up home run king and MVP candidate Cal Raleigh with a chance to play the hero. But Raleigh’s at-bat lasted just one pitch. He hit a soft ground ball to first base off a Yesavage splitter for an inning-ending double play.
The Mariners loaded the bases again in the fourth. This time, a walk of Eugenio Suárez put the third runner on with a single out in the inning.
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And once again, Yesavage forced a ground ball and got a big assist from his defense. He induced a ground ball to second base from J.P. Crawford, which set up a 4-6-3 double play.
Per the Fox broadcast, that double play marked the second time in playoff history that a team ended bases-loaded situations in consecutive innings by hitting into a double play. The first was the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1953 World Series.
The Mariners didn’t load the bases again in the fifth. But they got a leadoff single from Dominic Canzone, and with one out, Yesavage again ended the inning by inducing a double play. That marked the fifth time in playoff history that a team hit into three consecutive inning-ending double plays.
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The missed chances ultimately proved too much for Seattle to overcome. Yesavage allowed six hits and three walks to get into his jams. But he recorded six strikeouts and leaned on those double plays to limit the damage. In the end, he allowed two earned runs in 5 2/3 innings and picked up the win.
Varland allowed Yesavage’s second earned run when he came on in relief in the sixth. But he and Hoffman didn’t allow the Mariners to score again across 3 1/3 combined innings of relief.
With that, the Mariners and Blue Jays will face off one more time Monday (8:08 p.m. ET, Fox/FS1) for the right to play in the World Series. The loser’s season will be over.
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Sun, October 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM EDT
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Dominic Canzone pops out, and we will have a Game 7 in this ALCS.
Blue Jays win to tie the series 3-3. The winner of tomorrow’s game will advance to the World Series. The loser’s season will be over.
Sun, October 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM EDT
Hoffman has thrown 34 pitches so far in this inning, with Canzone now battling at the plate, and Crawford having advanced to second.
Sun, October 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM EDT
Suarez also goes down swinging, and that’s two out in the ninth.
Sun, October 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM EDT
Hoffman is still on the mound in the ninth for the Blue Jays.
He gets Randy Arozarena swinging for out No. 1.
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The Blue Jays threatened to add on, with two more baserunners in the bottom of the eighth, but reliever Carlos Vargas got out of it to send it to the ninth.
The Mariners have three outs to score four runs or face a Game 7.
Sun, October 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM EDT
Jeff Hoffman goes strikeout-strikeout-flyout for a quick top of the eighth inning that has the Mariners down to their final three outs in this contest.
To the bottom of the eighth. It’s 6-2 Blue Jays.
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Toronto added another four baserunners in the bottom of a sloppy seventh inning for the Mariners that included two walks, a hit-by-pitch from reliever Matt Brash and an error.
It added up to one more run when Guerrero came around from second to score on the wild pitch and throwing error from home. That’s enough to extend Toronto’s lead to four, with a 6-2 advantage through seven.
The Blue Jays are six outs away from forcing a Game 7.
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Louis Varland worked a 1-2-3 top of the seventh to maintain Toronto’s 5-2 lead. The Blue Jays are six outs away from forcing a Game 7.
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Eduard Bazardo has now recorded six straight outs in relief to keep Toronto’s lead at three runs. Seattle will look to cut further into the 5-2 Toronto advantage in the top of the seventh.
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The Mariners are punching back.
Eugenio Suárez hit a two-out single off of reliever Louis Varland that scored a sprinting Randy Arozarena from first. Toronto’s lead is down to 5-2, and there’s some anxiety setting in at Rogers Centre. Varland ended the frame with a strikeout of J.P. Crawford to limit Seattle’s damage.
Jason Owens
The Mariners are on the board.
Trey Yesavage was one out away from six shutout innings. But Josh Naylor got Seattle on the board in emphatic fashion. The Mariners’ first baseman launched a mammoth home run into the right-center-field stands to cut Toronto’s lead to 5-1. A single by Randy Arozarena then ended Yesavage’s night.
Louis Varland takes over for Toronto with two outs in the top of the sixth and a 5-1 Blue Jays lead.
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Eduard Bazardo took over out of the Seattle bullpen and recorded three straight outs. But Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s leadoff solo shot has extended Toronto’s lead to 5-0 through five innings.
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Logan Gilbert’s night is done. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the fifth to extend Toronto’s lead to 5-0.
Gilbert is done after four innings, and the Mariners will now hope that the bullpen can stop the bleeding — and its offense can get on the board. The home run is Guerrero’s MLB-best sixth of the postseason.
Eduard Bazardo takes over on the mound for Seattle.
Jason Owens
The bases weren’t loaded this time. But for the third straight frame, the Blue Jays have gotten out of the inning with a double play.
This time, Trey Yesavage induced a double-play ground ball from Julio Rodriguez to end the top of the fifth. He recorded his sixth strikeout of the game for the first out. Toronto takes a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth.
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Finally, a stress-free inning for Logan Gilbert. The Seattle starter pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the fourth to keep the Toronto lead at 4-0.
Sun, October 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM EDT
Jason Owens
Seattle has squandered another scoring chance.
The Mariners loaded the bases with one out via a Josh Naylor single, Randy Arozarena single and a Eugenio Suárez walk. But for a second straight inning, a bases-loaded threat came up empty thanks to an inning-ending double play.
This time, it was J.P. Crawford who hit the ground ball that kept Seattle off the scoreboard. Toronto takes a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth. Blue Jays starter Trey Yesavage is getting outs when he needs them.
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Logan Gilbert had a look at his first clean inning of the game with two outs in the third. But he allowed a deep fly ball off the wall for an Ernie Clement triple. Two pitches later, Addison Barger brought Clement home with a home run into the right-field stands.
The Blue Jays hold a 4-0 lead after three. Barger has three of Toronto’s four RBI.
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The Mariners had a chance and the guy they wanted at the plate, with Cal Raleigh and the bases loaded.
But Trey Yesavage induced a double-play ground ball from the MVP candidate on the first pitch, putting an end to the inning and the Seattle scoring threat. Toronto takes a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the third. That was a big missed opportunity for the Mariners.