TORONTO -- By the time Josh Naylor 's home run flew over the right-field fence at Rogers Centre on Monday night, most of the stadium was quiet … save for the Mariners fans above the visiting dugout and a whole section of Naylor’s friends and family who did not have to travel very far to see Naylor play.

Naylor’s two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning helped put the finishing touches on the Mariners’ 10-3 rout over the Blue Jays in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. The series swings to Seattle with the Mariners just two wins away from their first World Series appearance in franchise history.

First, though, Naylor made some history of his own on Monday night.

The Mississauga, Ontario, native became the fourth Canadian-born player to homer in Canada in the po

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