TORONTO — Dylan Cease, velocity down again even after an extra day of rest, found a way. After 74 home games without a Rogers Centre home run, so too did Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Each facing differing concerns, the two most dynamic forces on the Toronto Blue Jays stepped up Sunday in an 8-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles, securing a timely series win that also ensured they would, at minimum, keep pace with the Cleveland Guardians for the American League’s third wild-card spot.

Cease, coming in after his fastball averaged a season-low 94.9 m.p.h. in Sacramento last week, sat 94.8 m.p.h. this time but escaped a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the first and proceeded to grind his way through five innings of one-run ball, holding the line on an Orioles rally in the top of the fifth that tied the game 1-1.

The Blue Jays responded immediately in the bottom half as George........

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