🔗 Share this article Canada's Blue Jays Earn World Series Showdown Versus Los Angeles Dodgers Springer was instrumental for the Astros winning the championship in the 2017 season. The Toronto Blue Jays earned a spot in their first championship series following 1993 by beating the Seattle Mariners in the seventh game seven of the American League Championship Series. Down 3-1, outfielder George Springer delivered a three-run blast in the seventh frame, guiding the Toronto squad in Major League Baseball to a four games to three triumph in the series. Next up are the Los Angeles Dodgers, holders of the reigning title, in the anticipated Fall Classic. "It's incredible for everyone here, Toronto, our country," said Springer, a key player of the Astros team that claimed the 2017 title. "What an incredible feeling." Springer has now hit 23 October home runs, ranking him third on the list after Manny Ramirez (29) and Altuve (27). "I can't think of another player on planet Earth that I'd choose in that moment except for him with his playoff prowess," said Blue Jays manager John Schneider. Seattle's team, after leading the series two games to none and three games to two, continue to be the sole team that has never reached in a championship series. Manager Dan Wilson commented "without a doubt that it's going to sting" in the wake of his team's loss at Rogers Centre, but praised their work throughout the year. "It's a special team. Unfortunately that we finished on the wrong side of this game," he added. Toronto claimed the championship on each of their earlier trips in 1992 and '93, and will host the Dodgers in the opener on the upcoming Friday.