The Toronto Blue Jays are attempting to break an over 20-year-long drought.

The Blue Jays entered Sunday trailing the Seattle Mariners 3-2 in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series. Game 6 and (if-necessary) Game 7 will take place at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Toronto has won two World Series championships since the franchise was established in 1977. It was back-to-back titles from 1992-93.

Before this season, the closest the Blue Jays had been to winning an American League pennant since their last title was in the mid-2010s. Toronto made the ALCS in 2015 and lost in six games to the Kansas City Royals. That season was the first playoff berth for the Blue Jays since they won the World Series in '93.

Toronto made the ALCS again in 2016 and lost in five games to the then-Cleveland Indians.

One of the key players for the Blue Jays during those two ALCS seasons was outfielder Jose Bautista.

The Blue Jays made a post on "X" celebrating Bautista turning 45-years-old on Sunday.

Bautista spent 10 of his 15-season major league career with Toronto from 2008-17. During that time, he was named an All-Star six times (2010-15), won three Silver Slugger awards (2010-11, '14), won two Hank Aaron awards and led the majors in home runs twice (2010-11).

In 2023, Bautista was inducted into the Blue Jays' Level of Excellence (their franchise's version of a team Hall of Fame).

Bautista delivered one of the most memorable moments in the history of the franchise during the team's ALCS run in 2015.

Bautista hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in Game 5 of an American League Divisional Series against the Texas Rangers on Oct. 14, 2015, which ultimately sent Toronto to its first ALCS since 1993. The play became known as "the bat flip" due to the emphatic action Bautista displayed after he hit the homer.

The Blue Jays will need to win two consecutive games to make their first World Series since 1993. Game 6 will take place at 5:03 p.m. PT/8:03 p.m. ET. Logan Gilbert will start for Seattle and Trey Yesavage will start for Toronto.

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