The Toronto veteran was not masterful, but he channeled the grit of his youth—and a pitch no one expected—to pick up his first playoff win since 2019.

A fired-up Max Scherzer refused to come out of the game and got into an animated exchange with Blue Jays manager John Schneider in Game 4.

Max Scherzer led the Toronto Blue Jays to an emphatic 8-2 win on Sunday as they levelled the American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners after four games.

In October, every pitch, swing, play and decision is heightened everywhere. On the field, in the dugout, in the game-planning meetings pregame and, more than any time or any other place, after the game is played out and the result of all those decisions are final.

TORONTO — Julio Rodriguez took ball four, tossed his bat away, clapped twice and exhorted his teammates in the Seattle Mariners dugout. Sure, they were in a two-run hole in the third inning of Game 6 in this American League Championship Series, but Cal Raleigh, the likely AL MVP, was coming to the plate and the bases were loaded.

The Toronto Blue Jays have registered consecutive wins against the Seattle Mariners in the American League Championship Series to fight back from 2-0 down to tie the series at 2-2.

Max Scherzer is a baseball player who works with the Toronto Blue Jays in the MLB. Why are his eyes two different colors?