Julio Rodriguez and Jorge Polanco each hit three-run homers as the Seattle Mariners drew to within two wins of the franchise’s first World Series appearance.
TORONTO — Julio Rodriguez and Jorge Polanco hit three-run homers, Josh Naylor added a two-run drive and the Seattle Mariners took a 2-0 lead in the AL Championship Series by routing the Toronto Blue Jays 10-3 on Monday.
Seattle, the only big league team never to make a World Series, heads home for Wednesday’s Game 3 needing two more wins in the best-of-seven series to end that drought.
Toronto had just six hits, only one after the second inning, and had eight hits in the first two games. Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was 0-for-3 with a walk and is hitless in the series.
Rodriguez homered for a 3-0 lead three batters in against rookie Trey Yesavage, a 22-year-old making just his fifth big league start.
Nathan Lukes and Alejandro Kirk had RBI singles in the bottom of the first inning off Logan Gilbert, and Nathan Lukes’ run-scoring single tied the score in the second.
