TORONTO -- Finally, even Alejandro Kirk had to scream, shout and celebrate.

With the biggest swing of his career and the biggest moment of the Blue Jays' season, Kirk helped put Toronto in position to potentially clinch the American League East for the first time since 2015. His grand slam in the first inning Sunday shook and rattled Rogers Centre in a way we haven’t seen in just as long.

With a win on Sunday, the Blue Jays would hold off the Yankees atop the division after a long, stressful race that’s come down to the final day of the season.

The moment even cracked open Kirk, the stoic catcher who rarely gives you any hints about what’s going on in his head. Rounding first, Kirk was already howling along with the crowd. It was all of the emotion of 162 games coming out, all at once

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