Blue storm hits Seattle, crush Mariners

The 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.

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George Springer, Andres Gimenez, Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Alejandro Kirk and Addison Barger homered for the Blue Jays, who were outscored 13-4 and outhit 17-8 in dropping the first two games of the best-of-seven American League Championship Series at home.

But their offence 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.

“We were ready since the first pitch,’ Gimenez said. “We were aggressive”

The Mariners jumped to a 2-0 lead on Julio Rodriguez's two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning.

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 centre field wall for a home run that put Toronto up 6-2.