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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Andres Gimenez each had two RBIs, four relievers held the Kansas City Royals to one run and the Toronto Blue Jays clinched a postseason berth with Sunday\u2019s 8-5 road victory.<\/p>\n
Guerrero and Gimenez joined George Springer and Ernie Clement with two hits apiece for Toronto (90-66), which broke out to snap a four-game skid in which it totaled three runs. That production helped the American League East-leading Blue Jays secure a postseason trip for the fourth time in six seasons.<\/p>\n
Toronto\u2019s Trey Yesavage made his second career start and was charged with four runs on five hits and three walks over four innings. The prized right-hander yielded one run over five innings at Tampa Bay on Monday.<\/p>\n
Brendon Little, Seranthony Dominguez (4-4), Eric Lauer and Jeff Hoffman (32 saves) helped keep the Royals from sweeping this three-game set.<\/p>\n
Salvador Perez recorded career RBI No. 1,012 to match Hal McRae for second on the all-time list for Kansas City (78-78), which finished 43-38 at home.<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays jumped on Kansas City\u2019s Michael Wacha (9-13) for three runs in the second, beginning with Gimenez\u2019s run-scoring single. Toronto made it 2-0 via Tyler Heineman\u2019s squeeze bunt, and Springer\u2019s RBI double concluded the inning\u2019s scoring.<\/p>\n
Yesavage, meanwhile, opened with a walk to Mike Yastrzemski, then retired 10 straight until Vinnie Pasquantino drew a one-out walk in the fourth. But infield singles from Maikel Garcia and Adam Frazier loaded the bases with two outs for Carter Jensen to bang a two-run single to right.<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays scored three more times in the fifth, highlighted by Guerrero\u2019s two-run double off the left-center-field wall. Guerrero scored on Addison Barger\u2019s double down the right field line.<\/p>\n
Wacha came out after five innings, allowing those six earned runs and eight hits.<\/p>\n
Kansas City chased Yesavage with back-to-back singles by Yastrzemski and Bobby Witt Jr. in the fifth. They each scored on singles by Garcia and Perez, respectively.<\/p>\n
The hosts got within a run in sixth after Jac Caglianone tripled and scored on pinch hitter Randal Grichuk\u2019s single.<\/p>\n
Toronto, though, added an RBI single from Clement in the eighth. Clement then scored on Gimenez\u2019s triple.<\/p>\n
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