Game 1 pitched six innings and struck out three batters for Seattle in Game 1. In the bottom of the first inning,
George Springer hit a leadoff home run off Mariners starter
Bryce Miller's first pitch to give the Blue Jays a 1–0 lead. Springer's home run was the only run the Blue Jays scored in this game and one of two Toronto hits. The Blue Jays led until the top of the sixth inning, when
Cal Raleigh hit a solo home run off Blue Jays starter
Kevin Gausman to tie the game at 1–1.
Brendon Little then relieved Gausman and allowed a
Jorge Polanco hit RBI single that scored
Julio Rodríguez for the Mariners to take the lead at 2–1. Gausman pitched innings, allowing three hits, two runs, and one walk while striking out five batters. Miller, pitching on short rest after starting Game 4 of the ALDS, pitched six innings, allowing two hits, one run, and three walks with three strikeouts. In the top of the eighth inning, Polanco hit another RBI single, scoring
Randy Arozarena for an insurance run to extend the Mariners' lead to 3–1. Mariners closer
Andrés Muñoz got the last out after
Alejandro Kirk flew out to left field as the Mariners took a 1–0 lead in the series. This was the first Mariners' LCS win since
Game 3 of the 2001 ALCS against the
New York Yankees.
Game 2 (pictured with the
Minnesota Twins) got two hits, including a home run for Seattle in Game 2. The
Toronto Maple Leafs of the
National Hockey League moved the time of their October 13 home game against the
Detroit Red Wings up two hours to accommodate Game 2 of the ALCS; fans could stay inside the
Scotiabank Arena to watch the remainder of Game 2 of the ALCS live. In the top of the first inning, after hitting
Randy Arozarena with a pitch and walking
Cal Raleigh, Blue Jays starter
Trey Yesavage gave up a three-run home run to
Julio Rodríguez to give the Mariners a 3−0 lead. In the bottom of the inning,
George Springer scored when
Nathan Lukes reached on a throwing error by
Josh Naylor, cutting the Mariners' lead to 3−1. Later that inning, Lukes scored on an
Alejandro Kirk single, reducing the Mariners' lead to 3−2. In the bottom of the second inning,
Ernie Clement scored to tie the game 3−3, when Lukes hit an RBI single. Mariners starter
Logan Gilbert pitched three innings, giving up three runs on five hits and one walk, while striking out two. Yesavage pitched four innings, giving up five runs on four hits and three walks, while striking out four. In the top of the fifth inning,
Jorge Polanco hit a three-run home run off
Louis Varland, giving the Mariners a 6−3 lead. In the top of the sixth inning,
Mitch Garver hit a lead-off triple and was later pinch-run for by
Leo Rivas, who scored on an RBI single by
J. P. Crawford, extending the Mariners' lead to 7−3. In the top of the seventh inning, Polanco hit a single, then Naylor hit a two-run home run, pushing the Mariners' lead to 9−3. Still in the seventh inning,
Eugenio Suárez scored on Crawford's sacrifice fly to give the Mariners a 10−3 lead. The Mariners took Game 2 and a 2–0 lead in the series.
Game 3 (pictured with the
Cleveland Indians) pitched six innings and struck out eight batters for Toronto in Game 3. The game began with a familiar sense of déjà vu, mirroring the first two matchups. In the bottom of the first inning,
Julio Rodríguez hit a two-run home run off Blue Jays starter
Shane Bieber to give the Mariners an early lead. This time, however, the Blue Jays turned the tables.
Andrés Giménez hit a two-run home run off Mariners starter
George Kirby to tie the game at two in the third.
Nathan Lukes scored a go-ahead run on a wild pitch from Kirby, and
Daulton Varsho scored
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and
Alejandro Kirk on a two-run RBI double, putting the Blue Jays up 5–2. In the top of the fourth inning,
George Springer hit a solo home run, making it 6–2. Kirby pitched four innings, allowing eight hits, eight runs, and walking two batters while striking out four batters. The offensive surge continued in the fifth when Guerrero crushed a homer to center field, pushing the lead to 7–2.
Ernie Clement then scored
Anthony Santander, padding the margin to 8–2. In the sixth, Kirk blew the game wide open with a three-run homer off Mariners reliever
Caleb Ferguson, stretching the Blue Jays' advantage to 12–2. Bieber pitched six innings, allowing four hits, two runs, and walking only one batter while striking out eight batters. The Mariners found some late offense in the bottom of the eighth, where back-to-back home runs from
Randy Arozarena and
Cal Raleigh trimmed the deficit to 12–4. But in the top of the ninth,
Addison Barger added one more with a solo shot, making it 13–4. The game ended when
Victor Robles grounded out to Guerrero, sealing the Blue Jays' first win of the series.
Game 4 (pictured with the
Buffalo Bisons) pitched innings and struck out five batters for Toronto in Game 4. In the bottom of the second inning,
Josh Naylor hit a solo home run off Blue Jays starter
Max Scherzer to get the Mariners in front at 1–0. In the top of the third inning,
Andrés Giménez hit a two-run home run off Mariners starter
Luis Castillo to flip the lead in the Blue Jays' favor to 2–1. Castillo pitched innings, allowing five hits, two runs, and walking one batter while striking out one. The Blue Jays extended their lead to 3–1 when Mariners reliever
Gabe Speier walked
Daulton Varsho, scoring
Nathan Lukes. In the top of the fourth inning,
George Springer scored
Isiah Kiner-Falefa on an RBI double, and Springer scored on a wild pitch from reliever
Matt Brash as the Blue Jays extended their lead to 5–1. Scherzer pitched innings, allowing three hits, one run, and walking four while striking out five. In the bottom of the sixth inning,
Jorge Polanco scored on an RBI single by
Eugenio Suárez, cutting the Blue Jays' lead to 5–2. In the top of the seventh inning,
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a solo home run to center field, extending the Blue Jays' lead to 6–2. In the top of the eighth inning, Giménez scored
Ernie Clement and
Myles Straw on a two-run RBI single, further extending the lead to 8–2. The Blue Jays got the final out of the game when reliever
Seranthony Domínguez struck out
Dominic Canzone and evened the series at two apiece, making it a best-of-three going forward in the ALCS. Scherzer was the fourth starting pitcher with a postseason win at age 41 or older, joining:
Roger Clemens (5 wins),
Kenny Rogers (3), and
Dennis Martínez (1).
Game 5 hit two home runs, including a grand slam, in Game 5. Game 5 featured a pitching rematch from Game 1 between starting pitchers
Kevin Gausman and
Bryce Miller. In the bottom of the second inning,
Eugenio Suárez hit a solo home run off Gausman, giving the Mariners a 1−0 lead. In the top of the fourth inning, Miller escaped a bases-loaded jam after
Ernie Clement grounded into a double play. Miller pitched four scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks while striking out four. In the top of the fifth inning, a leadoff single from
Addison Barger prompted Miller's removal, and the Blue Jays would then break through against Seattle's relievers, with
George Springer tying the game with an RBI single, scoring Barger from second. The top of the sixth inning would then see the Blue Jays take the lead when Clement delivered a single that drove in
Alejandro Kirk, putting the Blue Jays ahead 2–1. Gausman would make it two outs through the home sixth before being replaced, having pitched innings, allowing three hits and one run while issuing three walks and recording four strikeouts. The seventh would go quietly, although
Dominic Canzone would come within inches of tying the game with a flyball just left of the foul pole. Following a 1-2-3 top of the eighth,
Cal Raleigh retied the game with a flyball shot to left off Blue Jays reliever
Brendon Little to tie the game 2–2. The Mariners would then break it open against Little with back-to-back walks, followed by
Randy Arozarena getting hit by a pitch from
Seranthony Domínguez, who came on in relief. Suárez then launched a grand slam to right field to give the Mariners a commanding 6-2 lead. For Suárez, it was the fourth grand slam he had hit this season. Closer
Andrés Muñoz got the final out after
Joey Loperfido ground out to shortstop
J. P. Crawford as the Mariners took Game 5 of the ALCS. This marked the first time in this series that the home team won a game, as the road team had won the four previous games in the ALCS. This win marked the first time in franchise history the Mariners won three games in an ALCS, previously only winning two against the
Cleveland Indians in
1995 and the
New York Yankees in
2000. This was also the first home win for the Mariners in an ALCS since 2000.
Game 6 hit a two-run home run in Game 6. Game 6 featured a pitching rematch from Game 2 between starters
Trey Yesavage of the Blue Jays and
Logan Gilbert of the Mariners in what was the first game the Mariners ever played where a win would seal the pennant. The Jays' right-handed youngster would answer the call early, retiring the minimum with four strikeouts in the first two innings. The Blue Jays would quickly capitalize in the home side of the second, with
Daulton Varsho and
Ernie Clement both reaching base before back-to-back hits from
Addison Barger and
Isiah Kiner-Falefa drove them in to take a 2–0 lead for the Blue Jays. In the top of the third inning, Yesavage escaped a one-out bases-loaded jam with
Cal Raleigh grounding into a double play. Barger then hit a two-run home run off Gilbert in the bottom of the third to extend the lead to 4–0. In the top of the fourth inning, Yesavage again loaded the bases with one out and again escaped the jam with
J.P. Crawford grounding into a double play. In the bottom of the fifth inning,
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. continued his postseason tear when he homered to left field to extend the lead to five, chasing Gilbert from the game. Gilbert pitched four innings, allowing seven hits, four runs, and walking one batter while striking out three. In the top of the sixth inning,
Josh Naylor hit a solo home run off Yesavage to put the Mariners on the board 5–1. Yesavage was then replaced after another single to
Randy Arozarena, having pitched innings, allowing six hits, one run, and walking three batters while striking out seven.
Eugenio Suárez then scored Arozarena to cut the Blue Jays' lead to 5–2. But the Mariner bats would go hitless for the rest of the night, and in the bottom of the seventh inning, a wild pitch from Mariners reliever
Matt Brash and a throwing error by catcher Cal Raleigh brought in Guerrero from second base, putting the Blue Jays back to a four run advantage. The Blue Jays got the final out of the game when
Dominic Canzone popped out to Clement, evening the series at 3–3 apiece and forcing a winner-takes-all Game 7.
Game 7 hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the seventh inning in Game 7, his ninth career postseason go-ahead home run. This was the first Game 7 played by the Mariners in franchise history, and it was only the second played by the Blue Jays, who last did so in the ALCS in
1985. This was the first Game 7 of an LCS since
2023, when both series went to a decisive Game 7. Game 7 featured a pitching rematch from Game 3 between starters
Shane Bieber of the Blue Jays and
George Kirby of the Mariners. In the top of the first inning,
Josh Naylor hit an RBI single, scoring
Julio Rodríguez to give Seattle a 1−0 lead. The Blue Jays responded in the bottom half, as
Daulton Varsho tied the game with a 2-out single that drove in
George Springer. Bieber would work out of a 2-hit second, but in the third, Rodríguez tagged him for a solo home run to give Seattle a 2–1 lead. Bieber pitched innings, allowing seven hits, two runs, and walking one batter while striking out five. His counterpart Kirby allowed four hits, one run, and one walk over four complete innings while striking out three. In the fifth inning,
Cal Raleigh drove a changeup from Blue Jays reliever
Louis Varland into the right field bullpen, extending Seattle's lead to 3-1. In the bottom half, Kirby gave way to
Bryan Woo, who struck out Springer on three pitches and induced a double play from
Nathan Lukes. In the bottom of the seventh, with the Mariners nine outs from their first World Series appearance, the bottom of Toronto's order rallied against Woo.
Addison Barger drew a leadoff walk and
Isiah Kiner-Falefa followed with a single into center field. 9th hitter
Andrés Giménez laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance the tying run into scoring position. Woo was relieved by
Eduard Bazardo, who was tasked with facing leadoff man
George Springer. On the second pitch, Springer hit a dramatic three-run home run into the left field bleachers, sending Rogers Centre into a frenzy and giving the Blue Jays a 4–3 lead. It was the first go-ahead homer while trailing by multiple runs in the seventh inning or later in a Game 7 in MLB history. After the Mariners escaped a jam to keep it a one-run game going into the ninth, the Blue Jays called on closer
Jeff Hoffman for his second save opportunity of the postseason. Hoffman proceeded to fan both
Leo Rivas and pinch-hitter
Dominic Canzone, setting up a showdown with the dangerous Rodríguez. After falling behind 2-0, Hoffman got Rodríguez to chase back-to-back sliders off the plate, evening the count at 2-2. With the count full, Hoffman struck out Rodríguez with another slider off the plate and sent the Jays to the
World Series for the first time in 32 years. This series was the closest the Mariners have come to winning a pennant, as they previously lost to the
Cleveland Indians and
New York Yankees in six games in
1995 and
2000 respectively. With this loss, Seattle remains the only franchise in Major League Baseball never to appear in a
World Series, as their ALCS record fell to 0-4. With the win, the Blue Jays won their first Game 7 in franchise history, and became the first team to win a League Championship Series after losing the first two games at home (the Dodgers won the
2020 NLCS after losing the first two games as the home team, but that was
played at a neutral site due to the
COVID-19 pandemic). However, this situation happened in three past
World Series: The
Kansas City Royals,
New York Mets, and
New York Yankees accomplished the feat in
1985,
1986, and
1996, respectively. Along with the
Edmonton Oilers winning the
NHL Western Conference title, 2025 marked the first year since 1993 in which multiple Canadian teams were playing for a championship in the four major leagues, as the Blue Jays and the
Montreal Canadiens previously won both the
World Series and
Stanley Cup respectively that year. For hitting .385 with three home runs in the series,
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won the
ALCS MVP.
Composite line score 2025 ALCS
(4–3):
Toronto Blue Jays defeated
Seattle Mariners ==See also==