SEATTLE -- Somewhere along the 2,100-mile flight from Toronto to Seattle, the Blue Jays found their bats.

Somewhere along the journey west, Blue Jays hitting coach David Popkins also sent manager John Schneider a video of the 1996 World Series -- a series in which the New York Yankees lost the first two games at home only to rally and win the next four.

The message: This series is not over.

The Blue Jays, after losing the first two games of the American League Championship Series at home, tattooed baseballs all over T-Mobile Park on Wednesday evening, smashing five home runs and four doubles in a 13-4 rout of the Seattle Mariners to get back in the series and avoid facing an elimination game Thursday.

It always helps when the big guy does his thing -- the big guy being Vladimi

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