Blue Jays storm back to tie ALCS with Game 4 win

The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners 8-2 in Thursday's Game 4 of the ALCS to level the best-of-seven showdown.

The Blue Jays stormed back to win the first two games at T-Mobile Park after dropping the first two contests at Rogers Centre.

Max Scherzer, 41, allowed two earned runs on three hits with four walks and five strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings to record the win in his first playoff start in two years.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider came out to talk with the three-time Cy Young winner and future Hall of Famer in the fifth inning with a runner on first and two outs, but the pitcher wanted no part of the conversation. He ended up striking out Randy Arozarena to end the frame.

"I knew the situation in the game, I wanted the ball, and I basically told him that in a little bit different language," Scherzer joked postgame with MLB on Fox.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Andrés Giménez went deep for a second straight game to pace the offense. The latter also had four RBIs.

"That's Max," Guerrero told Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. "Hall of Fame. He competes all the time. He came and he give all the energy. He gave it all on the field."

Guerrero hit his fifth homer of the playoffs in the seventh to set a Blue Jays record for most long balls during a single postseason, passing team legend José Bautista.

Mariners right-hander Luis Castillo surrendered three earned runs on five hits with one walk and one strikeout over 2 1/3 innings to take the loss. Seattle only managed five hits in the game, three of which came from Josh Naylor, who also hit his second homer of the series.

Game 5 goes Friday in Seattle at 6:08 p.m. ET.