By ANDREW DESTIN AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer woke up Toronto’s offense as the Blue Jays hit five home runs to rebound from an early deficit, routing the Seattle Mariners, 13-4, on Wednesday night and closing to 2-1 in the American League Championship Series.
Julio Rodríguez’s two-run, first-inning homer off Shane Bieber put Seattle ahead and stirred thoughts of a possible sweep by a team seeking its first World Series appearance, but Andrés Giménez sparked the comeback with a tying, two-run homer during a five-run third against George Kirby.
Springer, Guerrero, Alejandro Kirk and Addison Barger went deep as the Blue Jays totaled 2,004 feet of homers among their 18 hits.
Guerrero had four hits, falling a triple short of the cycle, after going 0 for 7 as the Blue Jays lost the first two games at home.
“Obviously Vladdy was great,” Springer said. “I think as a team, it was just a good overall game and it’s on to the next.”
A crowd of 46,471 at T-Mobile Park for Seattle’s first home ALCS game since 2001 saw the teams combine to match the postseason record of eight combined home runs, set by the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the 2015 NL Division Series and matched by the Dodgers and Houston Astros in Game 2 of the 2017 World Series.
Giménez hadn’t homered since Aug. 27 before his drive off a fastball from Kirby, who allowed eight runs, eight hits and two walks, taking the loss.
Kirby’s run-scoring wild pitch put Toronto ahead, 3-2, and Daulton Varsho followed with a two-run double.
Springer homered in the fourth and Guerrero hit his fourth of the postseason for a 7-2 lead on the first pitch of the fifth.
Kirk added a three-run homer in the sixth and is hitting .413 (19 for 46) with eight RBIs in 14 games at T-Mobile Park.
Bieber, the Laguna Hills High product who got the win, pitched shutout ball after the first and wound up allowing four hits in six innings – the longest outing by a Blue Jays starter in seven postseason games.
“Obviously didn’t start the way he would have wanted to, but that’s pretty much who he is,” Springer said. “He can battle back from anything.”
After the Blue Jays opened a 12-2 lead, Randy Arozarena connected in the eighth against Yariel Rodríguez for his first home run since Sept. 9 and Cal Raleigh, who led the major leagues with 60 home runs during the regular season, followed three pitches later with his third of the postseason.
SCHERZER LEANING INTO EXPERIENCE FOR GAME 4
The Blue Jays are expecting Max Scherzer to be himself when he starts Game 4 on Thursday night.
His excitable, feisty self.
“I love it. This is what you play for,” Scherzer said. “You want to have the ball in this situation, you want to be pitching in the postseason.”
The 41-year-old Scherzer hasn’t pitched in a game since his last regular-season start on Sept. 24 against Boston. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is making his 26th postseason start and 31st appearance.
Scherzer and fellow right-hander Chris Bassitt were added to Toronto’s ALCS roster after they missed the Division Series against the New York Yankees. Bassitt pitched 1⅔ scoreless innings in a relief appearance during Monday night’s 10-3 loss to the Mariners in Game 2.
“I expect Max to be Max,” Bassitt said, “in the aspect of just go out there and execute at a very, very high level.”
Scherzer is 0-3 over his last eight postseason starts since the 2019 World Series. He went 1-3 with a 9.00 ERA in his final six starts of the 2025 season.
Scherzer admitted his pitching was not up to his standards toward the end of the season, and that he took time to get his body right. Manager John Schneider said Sunday that neck pain limited Scherzer at the end of the season. The eight-time All-Star also didn’t pitch between March 29 and June 25 because of right thumb inflammation.
Scherzer, who finalized a $15.5 million, one-year contract with Toronto in February, went 5-5 with a 5.19 ERA in 17 starts this year – his 18th in the major leagues.
“I don’t want to sit here and go backwards and blame injuries for any way I pitched,” Scherzer said. “When I take the mound, I take the mound, and I have the attitude (that) I’m going to win no matter what.”
The Blue Jays need to win at least one of the next two games in Seattle to send the best-of-seven series back to Toronto.
“We’re a great team,” Scherzer said before the Blue Jays’ win in Game 3. “I’ve seen it over and over throughout this year, the number of times we responded in so many different ways. We had so many comeback wins. We’ve played great ball.
“Yes, we lost two games. Yes, obviously these are must-win games. We all understand what’s at stake.”
Seattle will go with right-hander Luis Castillo, who pitched 1⅓ innings of relief against Detroit in Game 5 of the ALDS.
More to come on this story.
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