TORONTO – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. threw his hands up in the air after receiving Jeff Hoffman’s relay to first for the final out of a streak-busting win, took off his hat, pumped his arms to the heavens and joined the Toronto Blue Jays for handshakes.

A night earlier, at the end of a 4-1 setback to the Los Angeles Dodgers that was his team’s sixth straight loss, the superstar first baseman sat in the dugout for an extended period, staring at the field.

The contrast between the two moments was telling.

“Giving my thanks to God,” Guerrero said of holding his arms up to the sky. “It was a tough week for us. We won, we have a day off and we come in fresh for Friday, that's what it is. (Tuesday) I spent probably 15 minutes in the dugout thinking how we can beat those guys and (Wednesday) we did.”

Wednesday’s win wasn’t all pretty, with another error leading to a run, two more 0-fers with the bases loaded, leaving them an unfathomable 1-for-19 this season with three on, and a 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position that actually nudged their average up to .215 (23-for-107). But pressure on the bases in the eighth inning by Davis Schneider, who went first-to-third on an Andres Gimenez bouncer up the middle, and Gimenez, who stole second leading to a Will Smith throwing error that scored the decisive run, turned the tide.

The Blue Jays maintained that aggressiveness on the bases despite a Guerrero mistake after his leadoff double in the sixth, as he broke to third on a Jesus Sanchez grounder right in front of him, only for Miguel Rojas to range right and throw to third for a frustrating out.

“That was a tough one because (Rojas) was playing behind me,” said Guerrero. “Sanchie hit it hard. I thought it was going to be........

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