Toronto Blue Jays advance to World Series, will face Los Angeles Dodgers
- On Monday, the Toronto Blue Jays advanced to the World Series by defeating the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 and will face the Los Angeles Dodgers starting Friday.
- After falling 0-2 in the series, Toronto rallied with 13-4 and 8-2 wins and a 6-2 Game 6 victory to force Game 7.
- George Springer delivered the big blow when he hit a three-run homer 381 feet off Bryan Woo in the bottom of the seventh, giving Toronto a 4-3 lead.
- Because Toronto Blue Jays finished with a better regular-season record, they will host Game 1 on Friday and Game 2 on Saturday, giving them home-field advantage for the first time since 1993.
- The Dodgers, having swept the Brewers, will face Toronto, whose roster has only eight players alive in 1993, the first team since the 1996 Yankees to lose 0-2 and still win the series.
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