Blue Jays beat Mariners 13-4, cut ALCS deficit to 2-1. Recap of Game 3 here.

The Blue Jays beat the Mariners in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) to cut their deficit to 2-1.

The odds are stacked against the Jays, as teams that win the first two games of a best-of-seven series go on to win the series nearly 85 per cent of the time.

But comebacks have become something of a habit for the Jays this year, as the club notched 49 come-from-behind wins throughout the regular season—the most in the MLB.

Key details

• The Blue Jays hit five home runs in Game 3. Andres Gimenez, George Springer, Vlad Guerrero Jr., Alejandro Kirk and Addison Barger all hit dingers.
• All four runs by the Mariners were via long ball.
• Shane Bieber gave up only two runs in six innings to get the W. He struck out eight Mariners batters.
• Max Scherzer will look to even the series on Thursday.
• Seattle is the only MLB team that has never played in the World Series.

Here’s a recap of Game 3 (all times are Eastern):

FINAL SCORE: Blue Jays 13, Mariners 4

The Blue Jays scored 13 runs on 18 hits, including five homers, to beat the Mariners in Seattle. Toronto still trails the Mariners 2-1 in the ALCS.

Max Scherzer will pitch for the Blue Jays in Game 4. Luis Castillo will be on the mound for the Mariners. First pitch is just after 8:30 p.m.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

10:50 p.m. - Barger also hits HR

Addison Barger hits the Blue Jays’ fifth home run of the game in the top of the ninth inning to give his team a 13-4 lead over the Mariners.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

10:40 p.m. - Two solo homers cut Jays’ lead

Randy Arozarena and Cal Raleigh hit back-to-back solo home runs in the bottom of the eight inning. Blue Jays still up 12-4.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

10:17 p.m. - Bieber done after six innings

After giving up a two-run home run in the first inning, Blue Jays starting pitcher Shane Bieber silenced the Mariners’ bat.

He pitched six innings and struck out eight batters. Bieber only gave up four hits, two runs and a walk.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

9:58 p.m. - Kirk hits Jays’ fourth HR of the game

Alejandro Kirk adds three more runs to the Blue Jays’ lead as he hits a home run in right field in the top of the sixth inning.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

9:37 p.m. - Clement drives in another run

With two outs, Ernie Clement singles to right field and Anthony Santander scores the Blue Jays’ eight run of the game.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

9:36 p.m. - Jays bats quiet down Mariners crowd

The Mariners home crowd which was deafening to start the game has quickly quieted down as the Jays bats have exploded for 7 runs and still pressing.

- Rahim Ladhani, CTV News Toronto reporter

9:27 p.m. - Guerrero dinger

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. adds another run with his own solo homer to centre field. Blue Jays up 7-2 in the top of the fifth inning.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

9:13 p.m. - Springer solo homer

George Springer hits his second home run of the series to give the Blue Jays a 6-2 lead in the top of the fourth inning.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

8:59 p.m. - Varsho extends Blue Jays lead

After a wild pitch gave the Blue Jays a 3-2 lead, Daulton Varsho hits a double in right field to drive in Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Alejandro Kirk and extends Blue Jays’ lead to 5.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

8:48 p.m. - Gimenez ties game

After Ernie Clement doubled, Andres Gimenez hits a home run in the top of the third inning to tie the game.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

8:25 p.m. - Seattle strikes first

Julio Rodriguez hits a two-run homer in left field in the bottom of the first inning to give Seattle an early 2-0 lead.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

8:08 p.m. - Play ball

George Kirby has taken the mound to begin Game 3 of the ALCS. George Springer leads off the Blue Jays. He will be followed by Nathan Lukes and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

7:50 p.m. - Winning Game 3 is important

If the Jays can win tonight, they’ll put themselves right back in this series. They need two wins in Seattle to bring the ALCS back to Toronto—where they’ll still be behind the eight ball but will have given themselves a chance to complete the comeback. No team has had more comebacks this season than the 2025 Blue Jays. The question is: do they have enough magic left to get back into this championship series?

- Scott Belford, host of ‘The Walk Off’ Toronto Blue Jays podcast and guest contributor

7:25 p.m. - Jays’ offence need to wake up tonight

The Blue Jays’ offence will need to wake up tonight if they want to avoid going down 3-0 in this series. That might be easier said than done as they face Seattle ace George Kirby at pitcher-friendly T-Mobile Park. During the regular season, Seattle tends to be invaded by Blue Jays fans when Toronto comes to town; however, tonight will surely be Mariner-centric. This won’t be the hostile environment of Yankee Stadium they faced just last week, but it’s still sure to be loud and raucous.

- Scott Belford, host of ‘The Walk Off’ Toronto Blue Jays podcast and guest contributor

7:05 p.m. - Jays need better outing from Bieber

The Toronto Blue Jays are officially up against it, as they head into Seattle tonight trying to dig out of an 0-2 series deficit against the Mariners in the ALCS. Shane Bieber takes the mound for Toronto, as Jays fandom hopes he can pull an Enrique Iglesias and be “our hero, baby.”

Bieber was the Blue Jays’ big trade-deadline acquisition, with the team giving up one of their top prospects, Khal Stephen, to land the big right-hander. Bieber’s outing in Game 3 of the ALDS against the Yankees was less than ideal—he went 2.2 innings, allowing five hits and two earned runs. The former Cleveland Guardians ace will need to give Toronto much more than that tonight if the Jays expect to start digging themselves out of the hole they’re in.

- Scott Belford, host of ‘The Walk Off’ Toronto Blue Jays podcast and guest contributor

6:49 p.m. - Scherzer on starting Game 4

“This is what you play for. You want to have the ball in this situation. You want to be pitching the postseason. You know, every game in the postseason is a must win. So you step on the field in these situations, you got to bring it. You got to have your A game. You really got to be on top of your stuff.

“They’re going to be as prepared as heck to go against me and try to beat me. And, you know, I got to do the same and find a way to navigate it,” Scherzer said.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

6:44 p.m. - Scherzer says teammates understand what’s at stake

Max Scherzer says his team showed during the regular season that it could mount a comeback and “we just got to go out there and take care of business on our end.”

“We’re a great team. I’ve seen it over and over throughout this year, the number of times we responded in so many different ways,” he said.

“Yes, we lost two games. Yes, obviously these are must win games. We all understand what’s at stake, but being around this group, and we’re being on this team this whole season, to what (Bassitt) said, yeah, we’re not shook because of it. We know we’re what we’re capable of. We know can go out there and play with anybody in the league.”

The Blue Jays lead the majors this year with 49 comeback wins.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

6:39 p.m. - Blue Jays ‘can play great ball at any given time’

Max Scherzer says he has seen teams come back after struggling in the beginning of a series.

“I’ve seen so much happen where teams are playing great and teams are playing bad, and teams are playing great, and somebody could be struggling the whole series, and then all of a sudden they snap later in part of the series. So, I’ve seen, seen that happen so many different times,” he said.

“For me, being on this team, I just loved our group. I love the way our clubhouse functions. I love the way our guys just play together and how we play team ball.”

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

6:30 p.m. - Bassitt on Scherzer

“I expect Max to be Max in the aspect of just go out there and execute at a very, very high level,” Bassitt said.

He shared that he and Scherzer who were dealing with injuries weren’t happy that they were not in the roster for the Division Series.

“But at the end of the day, it was looking at this series here, knowing that we need this so. It was just trusting the guys that we have in the room to get us to this series and then, like I said, getting Max healthy. And I think Max is in a really, really good spot for that.”

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

6:24 p.m. - Bassitt on being a reliever

After returning from a back injury, Bassitt says he is feeling good.

“I just needed time off kind of at the wrong time. But the reality is, I feel really, really good right now,” he said.

When asked about his transition to a reliever role, Bassitt says he loves the “chaos.”

“If you know my background at all, bullpen is not a foreign thing to me. I came up as a reliever,” he said.

“I love the fans talking crap to me. I love all that. So, yeah, relieving is more so of like an adrenaline dump, and then it’s just have fun with it.”

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

6:15 p.m. - Bassitt on being down 2-0

Chris Bassitt says he’s excited to see how the team will climb their way back to win the series.

“We need to go out there and play our game,” he said.

Bassitt says being down 2-0 “sucks” but remains confident that the team will bounce back.

“I just don’t think we played that well in many different faces,” he said, referring to the first two games of the series. “It’s just more so can we get back to our game?”

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

6:02 p.m. - Schneider on Jays fans travelling to Seattle

“It makes you a little more comfortable. I think that playoffs are obviously different than regular season with ticket availability here, I think. But we travel well, you know, we feel the support at a lot of places we go to. And here is probably the spot that everyone circles because of the proximity to B.C.,” the Blue Jays manager said.

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

5:58 p.m. - Schneider on Game 3 approach vs Mariners

The Blue Jays manager says their Game 3 approach is “pretty cut up and dry.”

“We gotta limit damage. They’ve scored a lot of their runs this postseason via the home run. We got to make pitches,” Schneider said.

“I think we just have to be real deliberate with the guys that can leave the yard.”

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

5:51 p.m. - Schneider on Bieber and Scherzer

Blue Jays manager John Schneider says he will be monitoring how Shane Bieber will execute his pitches and how the Mariners players will swing at his breaking ball.

“We trust him out there in this situation,” he said.

Meanwhile, Schneider says the break after the regular season benefitted Max Scherzer.

“It was good for him. He kept himself ready,” the manager said. “He needed a little bit of break to feel good physically.”

- Bryann Aguilar, CP24.com journalist

5:11 p.m. - Blue Jays fans make their way from metro Vancouver area to Seattle for Game 3

Thousands of Blue Jays fans are expected to warm up enemy territory today at T-Mobile Park. Jays supporters, over the years in Seattle, have sometimes outnumbered Mariners fans. We’ve already spoken to many Toronto fans today who made the 2.5 hour drive down the I-5 from the metro Vancouver area ahead of game three, and all remain optimistic despite the hole the Jays find themselves in.

Devin Helps and his son Barrett are predicting a Toronto win: “I’m a little nervous, we have our fingers crossed for today. We have faith in them.”

Fans are also making their way to Seattle on the water. Dozens of Jays fans boarded a special sailing of the Victoria Clipper from B.C.’s capital.

But it won’t only be Jays fans making the trip from B.C. – many in the area are loyal to the Mariners and consider Seattle their “home” team based proximity, just as the Seattle Seahawks also have a strong Canadian fanbase.

- Andrew Johnson, CTV National News B.C. Bureau Chief

5 p.m. - Blue Jays players arrive at T-Mobile Park

4:30 p.m. - Blue Jays announce starting lineup for Game 3

The Blue Jays revealed which batters and fielders will start their first away game of the ALCS at T-Mobile Park.

• Blue Jays slugger Santander back in lineup for Game 3 of ALCS against Mariners

Anthony Santander, who had been scratched from Monday’s Game 2 with lower back tightness, will play right field, with George Springer remaining in the Designated Hitter spot.

- Laura Sebben, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

4:11 p.m. - Facing Yesavage, Bieber ‘a little bit different’: Wilson

Wilson remarked that facing Jays starter Trey Yesavage in Game 2, and preparing to face Bieber in Game 3, has required a different approach since the Mariners hadn’t seen either of them this year ahead of the postseason.

“I think it is a little bit different. You don’t really have as much of an idea until you get in the box and you physically see it yourself,” Wilson said. “Video is a big part of it. You get a chance to at least conceptualize it a little bit inside your head before you get a chance to see it.”

“And then all the information, all the analytics that we have... does such a great job to prepare our guys so they’re ready to go when they take the field.”

- Laura Sebben, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

4 p.m. - ‘Excited to get back out there’

Mariners manager Dan Wilson told reporters he’s feeling the buzz ahead of the Game 3 start.

“I just feel excited to get back out there tonight,” he remarked. “We’re excited about playing in this ballpark tonight and feeling the energy again from from the fans who’ve been incredibly supportive.”

- Laura Sebben, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

3:52 p.m. - Game 3 starter Shane Bieber arrives at T-Mobile Park

3:12 p.m. - Mariners hoping to ‘keep heart rates down’ on the field

Raleigh said that the team’s mentality and approach going into their ALCS home games will be to “do the same thing” as when they were in Toronto.

“We’re going to be home these next three three games, and we know it’s going to be loud and it’s just going to be about keeping the heart rate down and not trying to do too much. Kind of like we did in Toronto,” the catcher told reporters.

“In the postseason, you’re always going to be a little more amped up, and the heart rate’s going to be going a little more. So it’s more about just slowing the game down, trying to take a deep breath here and there, and understanding that we’re going to have some tough games and tough moments.”

- Laura Sebben, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

3:11 p.m. - Concerns for Bieber and Scherzer’s starts

MLB Network commentators said they’re “baffled” by the way Toronto is rolling out their starting pitcher rotation.

“It’s not a great matchup for him (Bieber),” said MLB veteran and former Blue Jay Mark DeRosa. “He likes to spin the baseball and the Mariners hit spin good.”

DeRosa also expressed concern about the team’s decision to choose Max Scherzer as their starting pitcher for Game 4.

“Really, Toronto? We’re handing the ball to Max Scherzer with our season on the line,” he added. “I think we get lost in the name on the back of the jersey. He has limped in recently... not on the Division Series roster... I just think down 3-0 that would be a big ask.”

- Laura Sebben, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

3:10 p.m. - ‘Not giving any kind of room to breathe’: Raleigh

Raleigh said he believes his team is in a good spot going into Game 3 and that they want to get the ALCS title.

“Obviously we put ourselves in a good spot,” he said. “We’re not finished, and I think we’ve done a good job of that so far this year, all the way starting back to when we did clinch. We weren’t satisfied with just making the playoffs. We wanted to finish this thing off and get the division.”

“We want to try to finish this thing out here and take care of business that way. We’re not giving any kind of room to breathe.”

- Laura Sebben, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

3:05 p.m. - Cal Raleigh ‘fell in love’ with Seattle

After inking a six-year, US$105 million deal with the Mariners in March, Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh said a lot of factors went into his decision to sign.

“I think first things first, you know, we got to go out there and execute, and we got to put our best foot forward,” he said about the team. “That’s really all we can do every day.”

“After that, we’ve seen things come together. You know, looking at it, I’ve kind of fallen in love with this place and the fans, the city, and I’m really kind of finding a home here.”

- Laura Sebben, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

2:22 p.m. - Morosi anticipates T-Mobile Park crowd will be loud

MLB Network broadcaster Jon Morosi said he expects fans at T-Mobile Park in Seattle to be “loud.”

“This is as loud of a stadium as I have ever experienced. It really is,” Morosi said in an on-air interview Wednesday afternoon.

“I was on a flight yesterday from Toronto to Seattle and even before we boarded there were fans clad in Mariners gear starting a ‘let’s go Mariners’ chant at Pearson airport in Toronto. That is bold. You are on the road there my friends and they were still doing it. So, you can just tell they are feeling it right now.”

- Laura Sebben, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

12:40 p.m. - Pilot draws Blue Jays logo with flight path

Dimitri Neonakis, 63, drew the Blue Jay’s iconic team logo with his plane’s flight path on Tuesday, as a way of showing his support for the Toronto team during the ALCS.

“Oh, well, I love the Blue Jays. Been a fan since 1993, since the early ’90s, the Joe Carter era,” Neonakis, 63, told CTV News Toronto on Wednesday.

• READ MORE: ‘I support a Canadian team:’ This pilot drew a Blue Jays logo with his plane’s flight path

“I’m a Canadian, and I support a Canadian team.” Neonakis said the trip took about two-and-a-half hours, noting it was a “challenge” to recreate the Blue Jay icon.

- Alex Arsenych, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

11:34 a.m. - Mariners host ALCS game for first time in 24 years

Tonight’s matchup marks the first time in nearly 25 years that an ALCS game has been played in Seattle.

The Mariners lost the 2001 ALCS to the New York Yankees in five games.

- Phil Tsekouras, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

10:40 a.m. - Five Toronto Blue Jays get Gold Glove nominations

Alejandro Kirk, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Ty France, Andrés Giménez, and Ernie Clement were all nominated for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award on Wednesday.

Clement was nominated in two categories (third base and utility) for the award which highlights the best individual fielding performance at each position.

The winners will be announced on Nov. 2.

- Phil Tsekouras, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

10:37 a.m. - CTV News Toronto live in Seattle

CTV News Toronto’s Rahim Ladhani is in Seattle and got a sneak peak at T-Mobile Park early Wednesday morning.

- Phil Tsekouras, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

10:31 a.m. - Shane Bieber to start Game 3

Shane Bieber will get the start for Game 3. He last pitched 2 2/3 innings in Game 3 of the American League Division Series against the New York Yankees, giving up five hits and three runs in a 9-6 loss.

- Phil Tsekouras, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

9 a.m. - Blue Jays in Pike Place Market

The Toronto Blue Jays tweeted Wednesday morning a picture of Seattle’s iconic Pike Place Market, with two of the team’s namesake birds digitally imposed on the “Public Market Center” sign.

- Phil Tsekouras, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist

8:12 a.m. - ‘There are similarities’: Blue Jays founding director on current Toronto lineup and 1992/1993 World Series squads

CTV’s Your Morning spoke with Don McDougal, the founding director of the Toronto Blue Jays, on Wednesday.

The former Labatt president was the driving force behind bringing a baseball franchise to Toronto back in the ‘70s and said “there are similarities” between this current lineup and the teams that won back-to-back World Series in 1992 and 1993.

“I would agree with those who talk about ‘92 and ‘93, but I really think the team looks more to me like ‘85...that was the beginning of a competitive team for 10 years, and you have to have a competitive team to have a chance.”

- Phil Tsekouras, CTVNewsToronto.ca journalist