George Springer put Toronto ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993 by beating the Seattle Mariners 4-3

George Springer hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning to help lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the ALCS.

With Toronto trailing Seattle, 3-1, in Game 7 on Monday night at Rogers Centre, George Springer hit a three-run home run that rallied the Blue Jays past the Mariners, 4-3, and gave his franchise the American League title and a trip to the World Series.

With a pair of home runs and a .960 OPS through six games, George Springer has stood tall in this American League Championship Series. Except when he was down in the dirt, a 95-mph pitch from Seattle Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo drilling him directly in the right knee.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider says he's optimistic George Springer will be available against the Seattle Mariners in Game 6 of the AL Championship Series in Toronto on Sunday night

Toronto's George Springer was back in the lineup two days after being hit on a knee by a fastball, fouling out on a nine-pitch at bat in the first inning and walking in a two-run second of AL Championship Series Game 6 against Seattle on Sunday night.

George Springer #4 of the Toronto Blue Jays reacts after being hit by a pitch on the knee during the seventh inning against the Seattle Mariners

Blue Jays slugger George Springer is in the starting lineup for Game 6 of the American League Championship Series against the Mariners on Sunday night.