Blue Jays crush Rays 13–4 to clinch AL East, earn bye; Kirk 2 HR, Barger & Springer go deepTORONTO – SPORTS – Cue the champagne, Toronto — the Blue Jays are AL East champions! In a 13–4 statement win over the Tampa Bay Rays, the Jays turned the Rogers Centre into a thunder dome Sunday, clinching their first division title in a decade and punching a first-round bye to boot. At the dish, Alejandro Kirk brought the thunder twice, launching a pair of homers. Addison Barger and George Springer joined the long-ball parade with one apiece — Barger finishes the regular season with 21 bombs, while Springer caps it at 32. Next up: rest, reset, and a home date Saturday in Toronto, likely against the survivor of the New York–Boston best-of-three wild-card skirmish.