Guerrero drives in 3 to lead Blue Jays to rout of Rays on Canada Day

Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Alejandro Kirk hit three consecutive doubles as the Blue Jays cruised past the Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 on Friday in Toronto's first home game on Canada Day since 2019.

The Blue Jays played in Dunedin, Fla., and Buffalo, N.Y. for most of the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to COVID-19 regulations.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had a solo home run in the seventh inning for Toronto (44-33) and George Springer batted two runs in with a single in the sixth.

Trent Thornton, Sergio Romo, Max Castillo came on in relief for the Blue Jays.

Designated hitter Harold Ramirez had an RBI double as Tampa Bay (40-36) dropped its fourth game in a row.

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