2025 ALCS: Takeaways and top moments from Toronto’s dominant Game 6 win

The American League Championship Series is headed to a win-or-go-home Game 7.

The Toronto Blue Jays took an early lead in a must-win Game 6 on Sunday night and never looked back, beating the Seattle Mariners — who came into the game one win away from advancing to their first World Series in franchise history — to force a Game 7 and keep the Jays’ championship hopes alive.

We have you covered with top moments and takeaways from Game 6 in Toronto.

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Takeaways

Series tied 3-3

It was over when … : J.P. Crawford smashed into a bases-loaded double play in the fourth inning — the second consecutive inning in which the Mariners filled the bases with one out and failed to score. In the fifth, Toronto turned another double play, the third in three innings. — Buster Olney

Game 6 hero: We’re going to split this category. In Trey Yesavage ‘s sixth start in the big leagues, he rebounded from a short outing earlier in the series, working into the sixth inning. At the plate, Addison Barger accounted for the bulk of the offense early on, with an RBI single and a two-run homer that doubled Toronto’s lead in the third inning. — Olney

The stat that defined Game 6: The Mariners are the first team since GIDP (Ground Into Double Play) became an official statistic in both leagues (1940) to ground into a bases-loaded double play in two straight innings of a postseason game. — ESPN Research

What it means for decisive Game 7: Toronto’s Shane Bieber will pitch against Seattle’s George Kirby in Game 7, and if we’ve learned anything about this series in the first six games, it’s to expect the unexpected. The bullpens will be crowded with all kinds of options, including starters Max Scherzer and Bryce Miller. Maybe the only sure thing about how this game will be managed is that Seattle will do all it can to pitch around Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who has more homers (6) than strikeouts (2) in this postseason. — Olney

Top moments

Mariners at Blue Jays

Josh Naylor puts Seattle on the board with 6th-inning solo shot

Vlad Jr. joins in on home-run fun to pad Jays’ lead

Addison Barger hits 2-run blast to make it 4-0

Blue Jays strike first in must-win Game 6