Before George Springer's home run sent the Blue Jays to the World Series, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. dropped to his knees to pray.

Former Ohio State softball pitcher and head coach of Trinity College softball Lena Springer reacted to her brother's ALCS winning home run.

The three-run home run led the Blue Jays to a 4-3 victory over the Mariners, clinching Toronto’s first World Series berth since 1993. The Blue Jays will now face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fall classic, with Game 1 set for Friday night.

The Blue Jays got the spark they needed in the seventh inning when George Springer hit a clutch three-run homer —his fourth home run this October—to put his team in the lead. The home fans at Roger Centre went wild after Springer's blast, but the Mariners' radio announcers naturally had a more subdued and depressing reaction.

Three days after Mariners fans in Seattle booed George Springer after a pitch hit him on the knee, the Blue Jays star got a measure of revenge.

The Blue Jays went from down 3-1 to up 4-3 on one swing of the bat from George Springer, who in many ways represents the heart and soul of this resurgent Blue Jays squad. The Jays put runners on second and third off Mariners ace Bryan Woo,

Unfortunately for Wilson and the Mariners, the decision backfired, as Blue Jays designated hitter and postseason dynamo George Springer authored a Toronto sports moment for the ages, sending a three-run homer over the left-field fence to give the Blue Jays the lead, electrifying the Rogers Centre in the process.