Blue Jays set for border series in ALCS
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The Toronto Blue Jays are set for a border showdown in the American League Championship Series as they await the winner of the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners.
The Toronto Blue Jays are set for a border showdown in the American League Championship Series as they await the winner of the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners.
The Tigers and Mariners meet in Game 5 of their AL Division Series on Friday in Seattle, with the winner heading to Toronto for Game 1 of the ALCS on Sunday.
Detroit’s Comerica Park is about a four-hour drive from Toronto and just across the bridge from Windsor, Ont., while Seattle’s T-Mobile Park sits roughly three hours south of Vancouver, home of the Blue Jays’ High-A affiliate, the Vancouver Canadians.
Toronto has only faced Seattle once in the post-season — in 2022, when the Mariners swept the best-of-three wild-card series at Rogers Centre.
The Blue Jays won the 2025 season series 4-2, including a three-game sweep in May.
Seattle boasts plenty of power, led by AL MVP contender Cal Raleigh.
The star catcher led Major League Baseball with 60 home runs and had 125 RBIs in 159 regular-season games. He’s currently batting .438 along with one homer and four RBIs through four playoff games.
Eugenio Suarez, who returned to Seattle from Arizona at the trade deadline, ranked fifth in the majors with 49 homers and finished with 117 RBIs.
