Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Andres Gimenez drove in two runs apiece as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 Sunday and clinched a playoff berth.

Noah Cameron pitched into the seventh inning, Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino hit back-to-back home runs, and the Kansas City Royals beat Toronto 2-1 to prevent the Blue Jays from clinching a playoff spot.

The Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals begin a 3-game series Friday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

Despite the great turnout, the Royals fell 8-5 to the Toronto Blue Jays in their home finale. The loss hurt their slim chance of making the postseason and prevented them from closing out their final homestand of the year with a series sweep.

The Toronto Blue Jays will look to get right after an embarrassing 20-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Before that 20-run performance, the Royals averaged just 3.8 runs per game. The law of averages suggests KC’s offense should come back down to earth this afternoon with Shane Bieber on the bump.

Noah Cameron pitched into the seventh inning, Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino hit back-to-back home runs, and the Kansas City Royals beat Toronto 2-1 to prevent the Blue Jays from clinching a playoff spot.

Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer in Kansas City's seven-run first inning and the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 20-1.

The Blue Jays are 89-64 on the fast track to home field advantage through the AL postseason with the closest team to them being fellow AL East squad the New York Yankees, who are three games back of Toronto even after the Blue Jays lost two straight and the Yankees won three straight.

All that time spent haggling to make sure that Sportsnet could show the Toronto Blue Jays-Kansas City Royals game on Apple+ was for nothing.

The Toronto Blue Jays will face Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 as they look to get back in lead over Yankees in AL East division race.

The Blue Jays' broadcasters articulate the unique joy for fans across Canada who are following this year's dramatically successful team.

The Toronto Blue Jays’ lead in the American League East has shrunk to just one game over the New York Yankees with five games remaining, due in large part to an ongoing offensive slump.