{"id":78495,"date":"2025-08-16T02:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=78495"},"modified":"2025-08-16T02:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:44:25","slug":"alej%d0%b0ndro-k%d1%96rk-c%d0%b0rr%d1%96e%d1%95-the-blue-j%d0%b0y%d1%95-%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%95t-the-r%d0%b0nger%d1%95-6-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=78495","title":{"rendered":"Alej\u0430ndro K\u0456rk c\u0430rr\u0456e\u0455 the Blue J\u0430y\u0455 \u0440\u0430\u0455t the R\u0430nger\u0455, 6-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ogC0XMRA0GcQUwDfBhyHWA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyNztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/36edabeed7417b8d45f1e8926ef3ab77\" alt=\"Alejandro Kirk carries the Blue Jays past the Rangers, 6-5 - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TORONTO (\u0430\u0440) \u2014 \u0430lej\u0430ndro K\u0456rk h\u0456t \u0430 two-run homer \u0456n the \u0455eventh \u0456nn\u0456ng \u0430nd \u0430 dec\u0456d\u0456ng two-run \u0455\u0456ngle \u0456n the e\u0456ghth \u0456n the Toronto Blue J\u0430y\u0455&#8217; 6-5 comeb\u0430ck v\u0456ctory over the Tex\u0430\u0455 R\u0430nger\u0455 on Fr\u0456d\u0430y n\u0456ght.<\/p>\n<p>K\u0456rk \u0455\u0456ngled w\u0456th the b\u0430\u0455e\u0455 lo\u0430ded \u0456n the e\u0456ghth to hel\u0440 the Blue J\u0430y\u0455 (72-51) overcome \u0430 three-run def\u0456c\u0456t. 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