TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Teoscar Hernandez, George Springer, Bo Bichette and Danny Jansen jacked long balls to set a club record for homers in a season and keep the Blue Jays playoff hopes persistent on the eve of the final day of the regular season.
The five-homer, 14-hit game backed a 10-strikeout outing from rookie starter Alek Manoah in Toronto's 10-1 victory against the lowly Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
The Blue Jays have drilled a Major League Baseball-leading 258 homers this season, one better than the club record of 257 set in 2010.
With the New York Yankees 12-3 losers at home against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Blue Jays (90-71) climbed to within one game of the Bronx Bombers in the American League wild-card grapple.