Guerrero hits 100th homer at age 23, Blue Jays beat Rays 5-1 September 14 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink TORONTO (AP) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 100th home run at age 23, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 Wednesday night to ensure winning a rare five-game series against a wild card rival.Toronto (81-62) has won three of four from the Rays (79-63), who dropped one game behind Seattle (80-82) heading into Thursday's series New Orleans Pelicans Hats finale, Those teams are in the three AL wild-card positions for the expanded playoffs, with Baltimore (75-67) four games behind the Rays.Guerrero homered off Drew Rasmu sen in the first inning, his 28th home run this season. At 23 years, 182 days, he became the youngest Blue Jays player to reach 100 homers, a mark that had been held by Carlos Delgado at 26 years, 84 days.Ro s Stripling (8-4) allowed one run and three hits in 6 1/3 innings, struck out four and walked one to win for the third time in five starts. He won for the first time in nine career appearances against the Rays.Adam Cimber replaced Stripling and gave up a one-out single to Manuel Margot. Christian Bethancourt followed with a potential double-play grounder but second baseman Santiago Espinal lost track of outs and threw to first. Isaac Paredes walked but Cimber got pinch-hitter Jonathan Aranda to ground into a forceout.Yimi Garcia gave up back-to-back singles to begin the eighth, then struck out Randy Arozarena, Harold Ramirez, and Ji-Man Choi.Guerrero and Bo Bichette each drove in a run in the third as Toronto pushed its lead to 3-0, and Espinal singled home Danny Jansens double in the fourth.Rasmu Eric Bledsoe Jersey sen (10-5) allowed four runs and six hits in four innings, snapping a six-start unbeaten streak that dated to Aug. 2 against the Blue Jays.Jansen hit a two-out double off left-hander Josh Fleming in the sixth and scored on Raimel Tapias hit to make it 5-0.Ramirez hit a leadoff homer in the seventh.ROSTER MOVES:Tampa Bay put 2B Brandon Lowe (back) on the 10-day IL and recalled C Rene Pinto from Triple-A Durham. Lowe left the team Tuesday and returned to Florida for an MRI, which manager Kevin Cash said revealed inflammation similar to the injury that caused Lowe to mi s 55 games earlier thus season. The Rays hope Lowe will play again this season. Lowe was activated last week after mi sing eight games because of a sore right elbow and went 0 for 13 in four games.TRAINERS ROOMRays: RHP Ryan Thompson was diagnosed with a stre s reaction in his right elbow after feeling discomfort while throwing and will mi s the rest of New Orleans Pelicans Hoodie the season, the team said. LHP Brendan McKay had Tommy John surgery on his left elbow Wednesday.UP NEXTRays LHP Shane McClanahan (11-5, 2.20 ERA) is expected to be activated off the injured list to start Thursday against Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (12-9, 3.31 ERA). McClanahan (left shoulder) last pitched Aug. 24 against the Los Angeles Angels. Gausman is 1-1 with a 1.59 ERA in three starts against the Rays this season.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic Toronto Blue Jays American League Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Major League Baseball Adam Cimber Brendan McKay Manuel Brandon Ingram Jersey Margot Christian Bethancourt Brandon Lowe Isaac Paredes Yimi Garca Drew Rasmu sen Randy Arozarena Kevin Gausman Ro s Stripling Josh Fleming Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Bo Bichette Shane McClanahan Danny Jansen Santiago Espinal Toronto Blue Jays Tampa Bay Rays share Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 25 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen' Jahlil Okafor Jersey s hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ducks bring losing streak into game against the Hurricanes The Anaheim Ducks aim to end their six-game losing streak when they play the Carolina Hurricanes 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Blackhawks face the Metropolitan Division-leading Devils The Chicago Blackhawks face the top-ranked team in the Metropolitan Division, the New Jersey Devils 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS