It took a while, but the Toronto Blue Jays eventually gave another sellout crowd something to get up and cheer for.

Kirk the hero as Blue Jays win comeback thriller to open series against Rangers Back to video Unable to get a sniff off resurgent Texas all-star Jacob deGrom, the Jays seemed destined to lose thanks to a shaky second inning from Chris Bassitt — but catcher Alejandro Kirk and other Jays had something to say about that. The Jays finally got to a Texas pitcher when Kirk belted a seventh-inning two-run home run over the wall in right-centre off Robert Garcia, the third Rangers hurler of the night. And though ex-Jays all-star Marcus Semien then rudely greeted Louis Varland’s first pitch in the eighth with a two-run shot of his own, the American League leaders dug deep for a

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