TORONTO -- In a season of a million moments, Daulton Varsho just gave the Blue Jays their brightest one yet.

Varsho’s grand slam in Thursday night’s 6-1 win over the Red Sox was an electric shock to the heart of the Blue Jays, the biggest swing we’ve seen in a dream season that’s spent the past week flirting with nightmares.

Nothing will change in the American League East standings with the Yankees also winning -- although the AL East champ is now assured of a first-round bye and home-field advantage in the ALDS -- but it feels like everything has. A New York win leaves it tied with Toronto atop the division, but suddenly, the Blue Jays’ tiebreaker advantage feels like enough. This team had just watched its five-game lead disappear with a downright dreadful run of baseball, but all

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