Guerrero homers to lead Blue Jays past Orioles 5-1

By TODD KARPOVICH
Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 32nd homer and the Toronto Blue Jays edged closer to the top seed for an American League wild card series with a 5-1 rain-shortened victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Play was halted by rain with Toronto batting with two outs in the eighth and called after a wait of 55 minutes. Toronto would host a best-of-three playoff series starting Friday if it wins one more game or Seattle loses at least one of its final four games. Whit Merrifield went 3 for 3 with an RBI for the Blue Jays, who have won for straight.