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Blue Jays bats come alive in 13-4 MLB playoff victory over Mariners <\/p>\nThe Toronto Blue Jays belted five home runs in a 13-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday to claw back to 2-1 in their Major League Baseball playoff series.<\/p>\n
Blue Jays bats come alive in 13-4 MLB playoff victory over Mariners <\/p>\n
George Springer, Andres Gimenez, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Alejandro Kirk and Addison Barger homered for the Blue Jays, who had been out-scored 13-4 and out-hit 17-8 in dropping the first two games of the best-of-seven American League Championship Series at home.<\/p>\n
But their offense came alive in Seattle, where a five-run third inning included Gimenez’s game-tying two-run home run and a two-run double from Daulton Varsho that put Toronto up 5-2.<\/p>\n
“We were ready since the first pitch,” Gimenez said. “We were aggressive.”<\/p>\n
The Mariners had jumped to a 2-0 lead on Julio Rodriguez’s two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning.<\/p>\n
But Toronto turned the tide in the third and their onslaught continued in the fourth as Springer blasted a pitch from Seattle starting pitcher George Kirby over the center field wall for a home run that put Toronto up 6-2.<\/p>\n
Springer’s 22nd career postseason home run moved him into a tie with Bernie Williams for fourth-most in the playoffs.<\/p>\n
Guerrero opened the fifth inning with a 406-foot blast to center field off Kirby. Guerrero’s shot was out of the reach of leaping Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez and spelled the end of the night for Kirby.<\/p>\n
“This is a team that has swung the bat well all year and they didn’t miss much tonight,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said. “They were able to get to .<\/p>\n
“Our guys, we get ahead, that’s what we do … but you still have to make good-quality pitches and there were some that caught a little bit of the plate.”<\/p>\n
Ernie Clement added a run-scoring single off reliever Carlos Vargas as the Blue Jays pushed the lead to 8-2 and Kirk’s three-run homer in the sixth inning swelled Toronto’s lead to 12-2.<\/p>\n
Randy Arozarena and Cal Raleigh delivered back-to-back home runs for the Mariners in the bottom of the eighth inning to revive the crowd at T-Mobile Park.<\/p>\n
But Barger made his first hit of the series a home run to right center field in the top of the ninth as the Jays romped home.<\/p>\n
Toronto piled up 18 hits against Kirby and three Mariners relievers and will try to level the series on Thursday in Seattle.<\/p>\n
“It’s one day at a time,” Springer said. “That’s a great team over there it’s on to the next one.”<\/p>\n
The winner of the series will face either the Milwaukee Brewers or Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.<\/p>\n
The Dodgers, trying to become the first team to repeat as World Series champions since the New York Yankees won the 1998-2000 crowns, lead the Brewers 2-0 in the National League Championship Series.<\/p>\n
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