The five biggest moments of the Blue Jays' ALCS win over the Seattle Mariners

3. Game 4: Mad Max returns: The Blue Jays entered Game 4 with a chance to tie the ALCS at two following their 13-4 win over Seattle in Game 3. Toronto put its faith in three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer. Scherzer hadn't started since September 24 against the Boston Red Sox.

His form towards the end of the regular season had dipped, with him picking up losses in three of his final five starts. He was then left off the Blue Jays roster during the ALDS.

Despite giving up two walks in the first inning, Scherzer escaped unscathed after forcing Jorge Polanco into a double play. Aside from a solo shot by Naylor in the second inning, Scherzer managed to shut down the Seattle offence.

Scherzer's famed intensity was on full display during the fifth inning. With two outs and a runner on first, manager John Schneider went out for a mound visit. Scherzer's 'Mad Max' persona was on full display as he shouted at Schneider that he was good to continue. He then struck out Arozarena to end the inning.

"I thought he was going to kill me, it was great," Schneider described the meeting in his post-game press conference, "He locked eyes with me, both colours, as I walked out. It's not fake. That's the thing. It's not fake. He has this Mad Max persona, but he backed it up tonight."

Did he ever. Scherzer finished the night with two runs on three hits and five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. At 41 years old, he earned his eighth postseason win and first since 2019 when he was with the Washington Nationals.

2. Game 6: Back-to-back-to-back double plays: Trey Yesavage has done a lot of things in his short time in the majors, but one thing he hadn't done, until Sunday, was force a double play. In fact, in his rapid rise through the minors, he only forced two.

Raleigh came to the plate in the third inning with one out and the bases loaded. The Blue Jays' season hung in the balance, with the regular-season home run leader at the plate against a rookie pitcher making his sixth major start.

Raleigh hit a ground ball off a splitter to Guerrero, who threw to Giménez to get the out at second. Giménez then threw the ball to first, where Yasavage was covering. The Blue Jays escape unscathed.

The next inning, however, it was a similar scene: bases loaded, one out. This time, it was Crawford at the plate. Crawford hit a ground ball to second baseman Kiner-Falefa. Kiner-Falefa tossed it to Andres Giménez, who threw to Guerrero at first. For the second inning in a row, the Blue Jays escaped a bases-loaded jam with a double play.

In the fifth, with one out and a runner on first, Rodríguez hit a ground ball to Giménez, who passed to Kiner-Falefa at second and then to Guerrero at first: three innings, three double plays. The Blue Jays went on to win Game 6 6-2, forcing a Game 7.