TORONTO - Comeback wins were a big reason why the Toronto Blue Jays reached the American League Championship Series.

George Springer topped them all with a come-from-behind moment that will go down as one of the biggest homers in franchise history.

Springer hit a go-ahead three-run shot in the seventh inning and closer Jeff Hoffman struck out the side in the ninth to lift the Blue Jays to a dramatic 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night.

The victory gave Toronto its first AL pennant since 1993 and a berth in the World Series starting Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

"I knew I had got the guy in from third, which was all I was trying to do," Springer said in a champagne-soaked locker-room. "And then it went out of the park. I'll take it."

With Isiah Kiner-Falefa and

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