With the Toronto Blue Jays having evened the series in the best-of-seven ALCS at two games apiece, a trend is starting to emerge. The Seattle Mariners won both games in Toronto and the Blue Jays have, so far, won the first two games in Seattle, including Thursday night's 8-2 victory ( box score ). Yes, the road team has won every single game.
We've seen a road team win all seven games twice before in seven-game series. The 2023 ALCS and the 2019 World Series. You know who was on that 2019 Nationals team that won it all? Max Scherzer .
He took the ball for the Blue Jays in Game 4, hoping to help the Jays avoid falling behind 3-1 in the series. And though vintage Mad Max isn't really there anymore, the 41-year-old truly turned back the clock Thursday night, enough to gut out