The Toronto Blue Jays, facing the Seattle Mariners in the American League Championship Series on Sunday, opened Game 1 with a statement-making leadoff home run from George Springer on the first pitch. The 36-year-old, facing starter Bryce Miller, sent a 97.3 m.p.h. fastball 385 feet over the right-field wall, giving Toronto an immediate 1-0 lead and energizing a packed Rogers Centre. Expand Tweet

This shot was the first leadoff home run in Blue Jays postseason history. Springer also became the first player in MLB history to record multiple career leadoff home runs on the first pitch in the postseason, previously achieving the feat with the Houston Astros in Game 5 of the 2020 ALCS against the Tampa Bay Rays. Only two other players, Brady Anderson in the 1997 ALCS and Kyle Schwarber

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