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Langeliers's ninth-inning homer lifts lowly Athletics over Blue Jays 5-4

TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. finally found his home-run swing at Rogers Centre but starting pitcher Chris Bassitt still can't find his mojo on the mound.

Guerrero's three-run homer in the third inning gave Toronto the lead but Oakland's Shea Langeliers hit the go-ahead homer in the ninth as the Athletics edged the Blue Jays 5-4. The two-out blast was Guerrero's first in Toronto this season and ended a 16-game homerless drought for the all-star first baseman.

"A home run is a home run for me," said Guerrero through translator Hector Lebron. "People always ask me about hitting a homer here at Rogers Centre but, I mean, God has a time for everything and I believe that.