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Homer-happy Blue Jays regain 2-game lead over Rays in AL wild-card race

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George Springer homered twice, Alejandro Kirk and Teoscar Hernandez also went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1 on Sunday to gain a four-game split in St.

Petersburg, Fla. Toronto (86-67) opened a two-game lead over Tampa Bay (84-69) for the top wild card in the American League with nine games left.

Seattle (83-68) also was two games back, pending its game at Kansas City later Sunday. Toronto allowed 20 runs in losing the first two games, but limited Tampa Bay to a total of two runs in winning the final two.

Ross Stripling (9-4) allowed one run and six hits in five innings. Zach Pop, Adam Cimber, Trevor Richards and Yusei Kikuchi combined to give up one hit over four innings.

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