The American League Championship Series will resume on Wednesday night with Game 3 between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners . The Mariners took the first two games of this best-of-seven set, leaving them two victories away from their first World Series appearance. The Blue Jays, conversely, must now win at least two games on the road to force the series back home to Toronto for potential Games 6 and 7.

To run the risk of stating the obvious: the Blue Jays are in a bad way. Historically, MLB teams that have fallen behind 2-0 in a best-of-seven series have then lost that series more than 80% of the time. The Blue Jays can't worry too much about precedent, though, not if they want to beat the odds. They have to focus on what's in front of them and, bit by bit, get back in

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