TORONTO - Josh Naylor wanted to win Game 7 of the American League Championship Series so badly, he was willing to take a baseball off the helmet from close range.

On a potential double-play ground ball off the bat of Jorge Polanco in the top of the first, Naylor left his feet and turned his head as Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Ernie Clement - who cut off shortstop Andrés Giménez to field the ball - threw to first to complete a 5-3 double play.

The ball ricocheted into foul ground and Polanco was originally called safe.

But after a conference among the six umpires - with Blue Jays manager John Schneider lurking just outside the scrum - the umpires ruled interference and both runners were out.

Clement was born and raised in Brighton , where his baseball career began.

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