Toronto Blue Jays' Daulton Varsho is doused after defeating the Boston Red Sox at home on Thursday.

A Daulton Varsho grand slam, and a hot performance from the bullpen helped the Blue Jays avoid a sweep by the Boston Red Sox Thursday and retain their spot atop the American League East.

Varsho’s sixth-inning slam woke the Jays from an offensive slumber and jumpstarted the team toward a 6-1 win over Boston.

It snapped a two-game losing streak for Toronto (91-68) and kept the Jays from losing ground to the New York Yankees, as the duel for the division title narrows into the final three days of the regular season.

Rather than opening with a starter, the Jays used a series of pitchers on Thursday who usually come out of the bullpen. That group – including Louis Varland and Eric Lauer – put

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