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The Toronto Blue Jays staved off elimination and forced a winner-take-all Game 7 in the 2025 ALCS with a 6-2 win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 6 on Sunday night.
Toronto capitalized on back-to-back Seattle errors to start the scoring in the second, then got home runs from Addison Barger and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to extend the lead. After the Mariners got on the board with two runs in the sixth, Guerrero scored on a Cal Raleigh throwing error for a key insurance run.
Game 7 is set for 8:08 p.m. ET Monday in Toronto.
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Mariners-Blue Jays Game 6 takeaways: Toronto dominates, forces winner-take-all Game 7
Shane Bieber will be the Game 7 starter for the Toronto Blue Jays tomorrow. He is relishing the opportunity to help the Blue Jays advance to the World Series.
💬: “It means everything. Very excited for the opportunity. Culmination of a lot of hard work to get to this point.
“It’s an opportunity for every single one of us to go out and get a win.”
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Addison Barger, who went 2-for-3 tonight with a home run, spoke about the team's aggressive offense tonight in Game 6:
💬: “We just had a good gameplay going into it. We’re always with aggressive with the bats. We’re going to come out swinging.”
For the second consecutive series, the Seattle Mariners are going the distance. In Game 5 of the the ALDS, the Mariners beat the Tigers 3-2 in 15 innings.
Will we get an extra-inning thriller again?
Of the three teams remaining in the postseason, only the Dodgers had to play in the Wild Card Series. Yet the Dodgers have only played 10 games total, while Monday night’s Game 7 will be the Blue Jays’ 11th game this postseason and the Mariners’ 12th. Los Angeles will be nicely rested and ready.
We won’t waste your time: There is no history – until now.
Tomorrow will be the first Game 7 that the Seattle Mariners have ever played.
Tomorrow will be the second Game 7 in Toronto Blue Jays franchise history. Their first was the 1985 ALCS against the Kansas City Royals.
The Royals won 6-2 on the road at Exhibition Stadium. For Blue Jays fans, they hope for a different result tomorrow night.
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The Game 7 starters are Shane Bieber for the Toronto Blue Jays and George Kirby for the Mariners. It is a repeat of Game 3, where the Blue Jays won 13-4 over the Mariners.
Bieber went six innings giving up two runs on four hits with eight strikeouts. Kirby was yanked after four innings giving up eight runs on eight hits.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. spoke to Sportsnet's Hazel Mae after playing a big role in the Blue Jays forcing a Game 7 against the Mariners.
💬: “I just wake up today. I’m going to give all for the city.
“We tried to hit, we tried to run the bases, we tried to do it for all the city. One game at a time.
“Tomorrow we are trying to win. I’m born ready”
Trey Yesavage spoke to Sportsnet's Hazel Mae after the game about pitching in Game 6 and the team's defense behind him with the plethora of double plays.
💬: “I was fired up. It’s the playoffs.
“Huge. Three double plays. Back-to-back-to-back innings. Making plays in the outfield. They are awesome.”
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Whatever plans you had to watch Bucs-Lions or Texans-Seahawks on Monday night? Scrap ’em. (Editor’s note: Or follow them on another screen with our live coverage here on The Athletic!) We’re in for one of the best nights of baseball in a long time. It’ll be Blue Jays vs. Mariners at 8:08 p.m. ET (5:08 p.m. PT), for all the marbles.
The Blue Jays haven’t won a pennant since 1993.
The Mariners have never won one.
Winner heads to the World Series to face the defending-champion Dodgers.
Loser heads home.
Neither team has announced a Game 7 starting pitcher. The last time the Mariners were facing elimination, they stuck all their Cy Young-caliber starters in the bullpen, and almost everyone pitched in a 15-inning marathon against the Tigers in the ALDS. These teams will be going all out to win Monday night. You won’t want to miss it.
TORONTO – It all comes down to one game. The Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays will battle for a World Series date with the Los Angeles Dodgers, after the Jays pushed the series the distance with a 6-2 win in Sunday’s Game 6. Trey Yesavage pitched into the sixth inning and the Jays tacked on five early runs against Logan Gilbert to extend the series.
Monday night’s series finale will be the second Game 7 in Blue Jays’ history and their first in 40 years, since a loss to the Kansas City Royals at home to end the 1985 ALCS. The Mariners, meanwhile, will play the first Game 7 in franchise history, leaving the Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres as the only teams to never play a winner-take-all Game 7.
Half of Yesavage’s big league starts have come in October. All he knows at baseball’s highest level is stretch run starts and the postseason stage. Yet the rookie who claims he’s built for these moments continues to deliver.
A truly frustrating Game 6 for Mariners fans. There was Julio Rodríguez booting a ball that turned into a double, Eugenio Suárez dropping a grounder altogether and Cal Raleigh firing a baseball into left field. Then there were the inning-ending double plays (plural) that squashed Seattle’s chances of coming back against Blue Jays rookie Trey Yesavage. The Mariners weren’t out of this one, even after falling down 4-0, but they put the ball on the ground (offensively and defensively) at the wrong times.
Jeff Hoffman has thrown a season high in pitches, which could play a factor tomorrow. Toronto, however, will have basically everyone available.
▶️ That's it. The Toronto Blue Jays take Game 6 over the Seattle Mariners. There will be a Game 7 Monday night in Toronto. What a moment for baseball and Canadian sports. In the words of Jack Buck, “We will see you tomorrow night.” | Final: Blue Jays 6, Mariners 2
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▶️ Jeff Hoffman walks J.P. Crawford. Alejandro Kirk with a slow deliberate walk allowing the pitcher to regroup. Dominic Canzone to the plate. He is 1-for-3 tonight with a strikeout. | Top 9th, Blue Jays 6, Mariners 2
▶️ Jeff Hoffman records his fourth strikeout, blanking Eugenio Suarez. One out away. | Top 9th Blue Jays 6, Mariners 2
▶️ Jeff Hoffman strikes out Randy Arozarena to start the ninth inning. One out. Two outs away. | Top 9th Blue Jays 6, Mariners 2