Overview
- Toronto erupted for 18 hits and five home runs, with Andrés Giménez, George Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Alejandro Kirk and Addison Barger going deep.
- Shane Bieber steadied the Blue Jays with six innings of two-run ball and eight strikeouts after Julio Rodríguez’s first-inning two-run homer.
- Seattle starter George Kirby was tagged for eight earned runs and three homers over four innings in his roughest postseason outing.
- The Mariners had dominated the first two games in Toronto, but the series stays in Seattle for Game 4 with Luis Castillo facing Max Scherzer on Thursday.
- Teams that win Game 3 after trailing 2-0 have advanced about 26% of the time, keeping Toronto’s comeback chances alive despite Seattle’s series lead.