The Toronto Blue Jays, the first seed in the American League, are among the league leaders in team hitting in the regular season, scoring 34 runs in four games against the Yankees in the division series. However, the Toronto Blue Jays were overwhelmed by the Mariners, who had only played 15 innings in the first game of the American League Championship Series, and managed only two hits in the game, including Springer's leadoff home run in the first inning, which scored the only run. Raleigh, the Mariners' home run leader, tied the game in the sixth inning, and then scored the go-ahead and insurance runs on two timely hits by Jorge Polanco in the sixth and eighth innings to defeat the Blue Jays, 3-1, and win his first league championship since Game 3 of the 2001 American League Championship Series.