TORONTO – Daulton Varsho’s grand slam in the sixth inning lifted the Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Thursday night as Toronto moved one step closer to winning the American League East Division title.

George Springer had a two-run homer in the same inning as Toronto (91-68) reduced its magic number to clinch the division crown to three.

Any combination of Toronto wins and New York Yankees losses adding up to three will give the Blue Jays the East title. The Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Thursday night.

Louis Varland, normally a reliever, started the game and pitched two scoreless innings. He was followed to the mound by Eric Lauer, Yariel Rodriguez, Braydon Fisher, Seranthony Dominguez, Brendon Little and Jeff Hoffman.

Trevor Story had an RBI single in the seve

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