Toronto Blue Jays win the American League pennant for the first time in 32 years

The face of the franchise couldn't fight back tears after it set in that he and his teammates are going to the World Series.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr overcome with emotion shared the sentiments of every Blue Jays player and fans across Canada after Toronto defeated the Seattle Mariners in dramatic fashion 4-3 to win the American league pennant.

Just when it looked like they'd enjoyed the last of their comebacks in a season full of them, George Springer, still hobbled by the fastball off his kneecap in Game 5, conjured up yet another moment of October magic, sending an Eduard Bazardo sinker 381 feet to left field for a three-run homer as a crowd of 44,770 made Rogers Centre shake.

Springer came up clutch when it mattered most, when he hit that three-run homer in the seventh inning it blew the roof off the Rogers Centre.

Taking over after a scoreless seventh from Kevin Gausman, Chris Bassitt protected the lead Springer provided with a clean eighth before Jeff Hoffman, fresh off two innings to close out Sunday's 6-2 win, struck out Leo Rivas, pinch-hitter Dominic Canzone and Julio Rodriguez, whose solo shot in the third off Shane Bieber had given Seattle a 2-1 lead, before being mobbed on the mound.

The Blue Jays overturned a 2-0 series deficit, after dropping the first two games to the Mariners at home.

They went on the road and won two of three games in Seattle, before returning home to capture Games six and seven to advance to the World Series.

The Mariners' season ends immediately. Seattle has never made it to the World Series.

The Blue Jays return to the Fall Classic for the first time since they captured back-to-back titles in 1992 and 1993.

The Blue Jays host the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night, when Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and old friend Teoscar Hernandez offer up their next and sternest test yet.