Mariners take 2-0 ALCS lead, beat Blue Jays 10-3 as Rodríguez, Polanco and Naylor homer

TORONTO AP Julio Rodr guez and Jorge Polanco hit three-run homers Josh Naylor added a two-run drive and the Seattle Mariners took a - AL Championship Series lead by routing the Toronto Blue Jays - on Monday Seattle the only big league band never to host a World Series encounter headed home for Wednesday s Match 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 for with a walk and is hitless in the series Rodr guez homered for a - lead three batters in against rookie Trey Yesavage a -year-old making just his fifth big league start Nathan Lukes and Alejandro Kirk had RBI singles in the bottom half off Logan Gilbert and Lukes run-scoring single tied the tally in the second Polanco s three-run homer off Louis Varland put Seattle back ahead - in the fifth J P Crawford added an RBI single in the sixth and Naylor had a two-run homer in the seventh against Braydon Fisher Six of Polanco s first seven hits this postseason drove in runs He had the game-ending single in the th inning of Friday s Division Series clincher against Detroit and went for with two RBIs in Seattle s - opening ALCS win Polanco s two previous home runs this October both came off Detroit s Tarik Skubal the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner The roof was open on a breezy -degree day on the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday but the sellout crowd of had little to celebrate Seattle s bullpen has combined for nine scoreless innings in the series allowing just one hit Winner Eduard Bazardo Carlos Vargas and Emerson Hancock each pitched two innings Naylor born in Mississauga Ontario fouled a ball his right foot in the first inning and looked uncomfortable in the batter s box in the fifth prompting manager Dan Wilson to come out and check on him With Miles Mastrobuoni getting ready to come into the encounter if needed Naylor convinced Wilson to leave him in and homered in the seventh Yesavage who took the loss gave up three runs and four hits in four-plus innings He set a Blue Jays postseason record by striking out Yankees in hitless innings in ALDS Match but had two swings and misses on his splitter down from against New York Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Santander was scratched from the lineup because of a sore lower back Davis Schneider replaced him and went for with a walk Up next Mariners RHP George Kirby is expected to start against Blue Jays RHP Shane Bieber the AL Cy Young Award winner in Championship Kirby struck out six and allowed one run and three hits in five innings Meeting of the Division Series He doesn t have a decision in two postseason starts Bieber gave up three runs two earned and five hits in innings in Tournament against the Yankees AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source