Blue Jays Join 2021 Red Sox With Historic Postseason Offensive Explosion

The Toronto Blue Jays have been swinging some hot bats in these playoffs, which they proved again with a historic performance on Wednesday night. The Blue Jays took Game 3 of the ALCS against the Seattle Mariners behind 13 runs and 18 hits from their lineup, including five home runs and four doubles.

It was the third time this postseason that Toronto scored double-digit runs. After outscoring the New York Yankees 34-19 in the AL Wild Card Series, the Blue Jays now have 51 runs over their seven playoff games so far, going 4-3 while averaging 7.29 runs per game.

They’ve also mashed 17 doubles and 15 homers, making them just the second team in MLB history with at least 50 runs and 15 homers over a seven-game span in a single postseason, according to OptaSTATS.

The other was the 2021 Boston Red Sox, who also caught fire in October before ultimately flaming out in the ALCS.

From the start of the 2021 ALDS through the first three games of the ALCS, the Red Sox walloped 18 home runs and scored 51 runs, going 5-2 against the Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros during that stretch.

If you include Boston’s AL Wild Card Game win over the Yankees that year as well, the team had 57 runs and 20 homers during an eight-game span, nearly riding that hot streak to the World Series.

Unfortunately for the Red Sox, their bats suddenly went into hibernation midway through the ALCS. They scored just three runs on 10 hits over the final three games, losing all three and blowing a 2-1 series lead to the Astros.

Time will tell if Toronto can avoid a similar fate. Between the cooler temperatures and lights-out pitching, even the hottest lineups can turn cold very quickly in October.