Toronto Blue Jays Go Yard in Seattle – Force Game 5 With Statement Win

SEATTLE – The Toronto Blue Jays brought the thunder to T-Mobile Park on Wednesday night and lit up the Pacific Northwest sky with an offensive masterclass — hammering the Seattle Mariners 13-4 to stay alive in the American League Championship Series.

Get ready for Game 5, folks. The birds are still in this.

With their backs against the wall, the Jays unleashed a jaw-dropping 18-hit barrage that cooled off a red-hot Mariners squad and silenced the raucous Seattle crowd. It’s now a 2-1 series with momentum swinging back toward the north.

Big Bats Bring the Boom

Toronto’s bats had been ice-cold through Games 1 and 2 at Rogers Centre, but in Game 3? They were molten.
George Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Alejandro Kirk, Andres Gimenez, and Addison Barger all went deep, stunning Seattle fans into near silence.

After managing just three runs and eight hits in two games, the Jays flipped the script with 13 runs on 18 hits in Game 3 alone. This was an offensive beatdown with playoff implications written all over it.

Bieber Bounces Back in a Big Way

Starter Shane Bieber shook off a shaky first inning — giving up a two-run blast to Julio Rodriguez — but locked in from the second frame onward. He struck out the side in the second, finished six innings, allowed just four hits and two runs, and walked off with the W.

“It was an unfortunate start,” said Bieber post-game. “But I knew I had good stuff. I just told the guys to pick me up — and wow, did they ever.”

It was a statement outing for Bieber, who’s battled back from Tommy John surgery — and a big reason Toronto now has new life in this series.

Turning Point: That Five-Run Third

The third inning was the moment the series flipped.

It started with an Ernie Clement double and ended with five Jays crossing the plate.
The key swing? A two-run bomb by Andres Gimenez that tied it 2-2 and absolutely deflated Seattle’s momentum.

Then the Jays poured it on — Nathan Lukes scored on a wild pitch, Varsho snapped his hitless streak with a two-run double, and Springer followed it up with a solo shot in the fourth to make it 6-2.

Guerrero — hitless through the first two games — went a perfect 4-for-4, including a monster home run to center in the fifth.

By the time Kirk belted a three-run blast in the sixth and Barger launched one in the ninth, most Mariners fans had already hit the exits.

Managerial Moves Pay Off

Jays skipper John Schneider shook up the batting order ahead of Game 3, moving Barger down, inserting Santander into the cleanup spot, and dropping Clement to eighth. The shake-up worked — and it showed in the team’s approach at the plate.

“No one expected us to be here,” Schneider told reporters postgame. “I’m proud of how the guys responded — they stayed aggressive and focused. They earned that W.”

Mariners Stunned, Kirby Crushed

Seattle starter George Kirby got chased after just four innings, surrendering eight runs and eight hits. Even with late solo shots from Arozarena and Cal Raleigh in the eighth, the M’s were never really in it.

Home teams are winless so far in this series — the road warriors continue to rule.

What’s Next? Game 4, Then a Guaranteed Game 5

Game 4 goes Thursday night back at T-Mobile Park, with veteran ace Max Scherzer taking the ball for Toronto.
And thanks to Wednesday’s eruption, we know there will definitely be a Game 5 on Friday.

The Jays are back. The series is alive. And the ALCS just got a whole lot more interesting.