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For the first time since 1993 Toronto Blue Jays heading to the World Series.
And they can thank the person who won one award for that chance.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, with runners on second and third and no one out, George Springer came to the plate with a chance to tie the game 3–1 in the team's favor. Seattle Marinersa team desperate for its first World Series appearance in franchise history.
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Toronto Blue Jays right fielder George Springer (4) hits a three-run home run against the Seattle Mariners in the seventh inning during Game 7 of the ALCS round of the 2025 MLB Playoffs at Rogers Center on October 20, 2025. (John E. Sokolowski/Imagn Images)
Springer decided to go one better, taking advantage of a fastball from Eduard Bazardo and throwing it over the left field fence for a 4-3 lead. It was the turnaround the Blue Jays needed to seal their win at the American League pennant.
The Blue Jays will now face the defending champions. Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night.
GAME 7 OF THE BLUE JAYS FORCE WITH A DECISIVE VICTORY OVER THE MARINES
The series was filled with theatrics from the start, but the Blue Jays came home with a 3–2 series lead and needed two straight wins to become pennant winners. They did it Sunday night when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Addison Barger hit home runs to secure the Game 7 victory.
But Monday night didn't start out the way Toronto would have liked, as Josh Naylor gave Seattle the lead early with an RBI single, scoring Julio Rodriguez. However, Dalton Varsho, who had been the Blue Jays' other hitter throughout the postseason, hit a single to center to score Springer, tying the game at one.
Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez (44) hits a home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the third inning during Game 7 of the ALCS round of the 2025 MLB Playoffs at Rogers Center on October 20, 2025. (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Images)
Then, in the top of the third inning, Rodriguez put the Mariners back on top with a solo home run to deep left-center field. And who but AL MVP hopeful Cal Raleigh, who was able to make it when his team needed his solo home run to make it a 3-1 game in the top of the fifth inning.
With the Mariners' pitching staff being one of the best in baseball all year, there were options on who to use late in the game, given that it was an all-player situation. Mariners manager Dan Wilson went with Brian Wu after George Kirby gave him four innings and Wu gave him clean fifth and sixth innings.
But Wu opened the door by walking Barger to start the seventh inning, and Isaiah Keener-Falefa roused Rogers Center with a single that left runners on first and second with no one out. After Andres Jimenez moved them with a sacrifice bunt, Bazardo came out to face Springer.
Springer came out on top.
Jeff Hoffman finished off the Mariners in the ninth inning, striking out all three batters, including Rodriguez, to start the celebration.
Toronto Blue Jays right fielder George Springer (4) celebrates while running the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the Seattle Mariners in the seventh inning during Game 7 of the ALCS round of the 2025 MLB Playoffs at Rogers Center on October 20, 2025. (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Images)
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The Blue Jays hope they can repeat what that team did in 1993, as Toronto won back-to-back World Series titles that season.
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