{"id":37408,"date":"2025-09-21T17:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/blue-jays-clinch-playoffs-and-lead-the-american-league\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T17:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:46:34","slug":"blue-jays-clinch-playoffs-and-lead-the-american-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/blue-jays-clinch-playoffs-and-lead-the-american-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays clinch Playoffs and lead the American League"},"content":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8211; The Toronto Blue Jays, led by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez, secured their playoff berth by defeating the Kansas City Royals with a score of 8-5 this Sunday.\n\nGuerrero Jr. and Gim\u00e9nez drove in two runs each, contributing significantly to the team&#8217;s victory.\n\nThe Blue Jays, who lead the American League and the East Division, return to the postseason for the first time since 2023. With this victory, they improved their record to 90-66, the best in the American League.\n\nIn the second inning, the Blue Jays scored three runs thanks to hits by Gim\u00e9nez, Tyler Heineman, and George Springer. In the fifth inning, Guerrero hit a double that drove in two runs, and Addison Barger followed with a run-scoring double, extending the lead to 6-2.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0921%2Fr1549101_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Los Blue Jays, que lideran la Liga Americana Este y tienen el mejor r\u00e9cord de la Liga Americana, regresan a los playoffs despu\u00e9s de perderse en 2024.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Los Blue Jays, que lideran la Liga Americana Este y tienen el mejor r\u00e9cord de la Liga Americana, regresan a los playoffs despu\u00e9s de perderse en 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nAfter the Royals cut the lead to 6-5, Ernie Clement and Gim\u00e9nez drove in runs in the eighth inning, extending Toronto&#8217;s lead to 8-5.\n\nToronto&#8217;s opening pitcher, Trey Yesavage, worked four innings, allowing four runs on five hits, three walks, and two strikeouts. Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez (4-4) pitched 1 1\/3 innings to earn the win, and Jeff Hoffman recorded his 32nd save of the season.\n\nFor the Royals, Carter Jensen hit a two-run double in the fourth inning, while Maikel Garc\u00eda and Salvador P\u00e9rez drove in runs with consecutive singles in the fifth. Randal Grichuk added an RBI in the sixth inning.\n\nMichael Wacha (9-13) allowed six earned runs on eight hits in five innings, with one walk and four strikeouts.\n\nToronto snapped a four-game losing streak. The Blue Jays continue to control their destiny in the American League.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. &#8211; The Toronto Blue Jays, led by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez, secured their playoff berth by defeating the Kansas City Royals with a score of 8-5 this Sunday. Guerrero Jr. and Gim\u00e9nez drove in two runs each, contributing significantly to the team&#8217;s victory. The Blue Jays, who lead the American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1212,2725,104,321],"class_list":{"0":"post-37408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mlb","7":"tag-blue-jays","8":"tag-guerrero-jr","9":"tag-playoffs","10":"tag-royals"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}