TORONTO - Alejandro Kirk had his second straight two-homer game to power the Toronto Blue Jays to a 10-1 rout of the New York Yankees in Game 1 of their American League Division Series on Saturday.

Kirk, who drove in six runs in Toronto's regular-season finale last Sunday, hit a solo shot in the second inning and added another in the eighth.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. opened the scoring with a solo homer off Luis Gil (0-1) in the first inning and starter Kevin Gausman (1-0) was effective over 5 2/3 frames as Toronto won its first playoff game since 2016.

Game 2 in the best-of-five series was scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

Gausman ran into trouble in the sixth by loading the bases with nobody out. He struck out slugger Aaron Judge before walking Cody Bellinger to make it a

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