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TORONTO -- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. called it.
With the Blue Jays and Orioles tied at 6 heading to the bottom of the 10th inning and Guerrero set to lead off with Bo Bichette as the automatic runner at second base, Toronto’s All-Star first baseman approached Alejandro Kirk, the following batter in the order.
“I told Kirk to get ready, because they may walk me,” Guerrero said through an interpreter. “When they didn’t, I said, ‘Well, the game is over right here.’”
He was quick to back it up.
Guerrero squared up the second pitch he saw from Orioles reliever Félix Bautista, a 99 mph fastball, for a single that plated Bichette and gave the Blue Jays an electric 7-6 walk-off win on Wednesday night at Rogers Centre.