NEW YORK (AP) — George Springer celebrated his 34th birthday with his 57th career leadoff homer, Bo Bichette and Alejandro Kirk hit two-run homers and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 7-1 on Tuesday night.
Toronto began the night one game ahead of Seattle and Texas for the second American League wild-card berth. The Yankees entered six games back for the final A-L wild card, needing to overcome Seattle and Texas.
Springer reached 20 homers for the eighth time when he connected off Clarke Schmidt and walked ahead of Bichette’s first homer since Aug. 20. Bichette reached three times and took third when third baseman Oswald Peraza committed a throwing error on a grounder by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. After Peraza’s fourth error, Bichette gave Toronto a 2-1 lead when Cavan Biggio’s single dropped in front of centre-fielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa.
Trevor Richards and Jordan Hicks pitched a perfect inning apiece before Kirk connected for the first time since July 29.
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