Blue Jays Even ALCS; Yesavage To Start Game 6

The Toronto Blue Jays evened the American League Championship Series 2-2, beating the Seattle Mariners 8-2 in Game 4 as Max Scherzer earned his first postseason win since 2019, throwing 5 2/3 innings, allowing two earned runs with five strikeouts and making his 500th career start. Toronto collected 11 hits, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Andrés Giménez homering and Giménez driving in four runs, while Seattle starter Luis Castillo struggled. The game featured a widely noted moment when Scherzer vocally refused a mound visit to remove him, a sequence that drew headlines and was framed as momentum-shifting. The series is tied 2-2 with the road team having won every game so far; Game 5 in Seattle will feature Bryce Miller on the mound for the Mariners. Blue Jays manager John Schneider has named rookie Trey Yesavage (22) to start Game 6 in Toronto; Yesavage is 1-1 with a 4.82 postseason ERA, coming off a 5.1 no-hit, 11-strikeout ALDS outing and a rough Game 2 of the ALCS.