SEATTLE -- This is why the Toronto Blue Jays signed Max Scherzer in the offseason.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner is set to take the mound Thursday night as the Blue Jays try to even the best-of-seven American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners at two games apiece.

"I love it. This is what you play for," the 41-year-old right-hander said. "You want to have the ball in this situation, you want to be pitching in the postseason.

"Every game in the postseason's a must-win, so when you step on the field in these situations, you got to bring it, you got to have your 'A' game, you got to really be on top of your stuff. So they're going to be as prepared as heck to go against me and try to beat me, and I got to do the same and find a way to navigate it."

He will hope

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