TORONTO – Alejandro Kirk hit two homers and drove in six runs to power the Blue Jays to a 13-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday to give Toronto its first American League East Division title since 2015.

Kirk hit his first career grand slam in Toronto’s five-run first inning and added a two-run shot in the fifth.

The Blue Jays put the game away with a five-run seventh inning. Addison Barger and George Springer homered for Toronto in the frame.

Toronto secured the top seed in the AL at 94-68 and will have home-field advantage when the best-of-five division series begins Saturday at Rogers Centre.

The Blue Jays started the day needing a victory or a New York Yankees loss to Baltimore to secure a first-place finish.

Toronto set the tone early in front of a sellout crowd of 42,083

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