The Blue Jays did what they needed to do in the opener of their American League division series against the New York Yankees — and then some.

A team that was in the post-season for the fourth time in six years but hadn’t won a playoff game since 2016 slayed a whole whack of demons in Saturday’s 10-1 win.

It started in the very first inning, when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. lofted a fly ball into the Jays’ left field bullpen 367 feet away to open the scoring. In his fourth post-season, it was Guerrero’s first home run. Guerrero would later single twice, the three hits matching his career total in six previous post-season games. A sacrifice fly gave him two RBIs after coming into the game with only one in his entire playoff career.

By the second inning, when Alejandro Kirk led off with his firs

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