{"id":226050,"date":"2025-10-20T04:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T04:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/226050\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T04:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T04:14:10","slug":"blue-jays-name-shane-bieber-as-game-7-starter-mariners-tab-george-kirby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/226050\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays name Shane Bieber as Game 7 starter, Mariners tab George Kirby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shane Bieber<\/a> will take the mound for Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> right-hander confirmed he will be tasked with the winner-take-all matchup after the club fought to a 6-2 win in Game 6 on Sunday to stay alive against the Seattle Mariners<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bieber has faced mixed results in his two starts this post-season. He was roughed up in Game 3 of the ALDS in New York as the Yankees chased him after 2.2 innings, allowing three runs (two earned) and five hits in a 9-6 loss.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old recovered in Game 3 of the ALCS with the team’s backs against the wall, down 2-0 in the series and facing three straight on the road in Seattle.<\/p>\n

Bieber delivered eight strikeouts over six innings, giving up two runs on four hits in a 13-4 win that propelled the team back into the series.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old also pitched in the Mariners\u2019 marathon victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 5 of their ALDS. He started the 15-inning affair and was effective over five innings, picking up six strikeouts and surrendering one run.<\/p>\n

Blue Jays manager John Schneider stated that all hands will be on deck inside their bullpen, with starters Kevin Gausman and Max Scherzer ready on standby.<\/p>\n

The Seattle Mariners will tab right-hander George Kirby<\/a>, manager Dan Wilson announced during his post-game press conference.<\/p>\n

Kirby pitched opposite Bieber during Game 3 but was roughed up for eight runs on eight hits before he was tagged with the loss.<\/p>\n

First pitch for Game 7 is set for 8:10 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre. Catch all the action on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shane Bieber will take the mound for Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-226050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}