Semien’s 40th homer lifts Blue Jays back into playoff spot

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Toronto (83-65) moved a half-game ahead of the New York Yankees (83-66) for the second AL wild-card berth, one game behind Boston (85-65 Buy MLB Jerseys Free Shipping, ). The Blue Jays haven’t lost back-to-back games since defeats to the White Sox on A Buy MLB kids jerseys, ug. 26 and Detroit the following day.

“It’s the confidence we have right now,” Hernández said. “We trust in each other.”

Steven Matz (13-7) won his fourth straight decision, allowing two runs and three hits in 5 2/3 innings.

“Today I had the curveball going, so I just used it a lot,” Matz said. “They weren’t doing any damage on it.”

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