Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits first Rogers Centre home run of 2026 in Blue Jays 8-1 win over Orioles Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his first home run at Rogers Centre this season, part of three consecutive homers in the fifth inning, as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-1 on Sept. 13, 2026. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his first home run at Rogers Centre this season, a solo shot down the left-field line in the fifth inning that landed in the Blue Jays bullpen, as Toronto beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-1 on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. The home run came in Guerrero's 68th home game and 252nd at-bat at Rogers Centre. The 27-year-old first baseman said he never felt pressure to end the drought. I knew it was going to happen, Guerrero said through an interpreter. Today, tomorrow, I never felt the pressure.I never came to the ballpark thinking I had to hit one. The blast was part of three successive home runs for Toronto off left-hander Trevor Rogers. With the game tied and two outs in the fifth, George Springer started the barrage with a shot to right field. Guerrero followed with his long-awaited blast, and Kazuma Okamoto capped it with a 410-foot drive to the second deck in left.It was the seventh time in club history the Blue Jays hit three consecutive home runs and the first since June 19, 2012, when Colby Rasmus, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion did it in Milwaukee. On April 9, 2005, Vernon Wells, Corey Koskie and Shea Hillenbrand went back-to-back at Rogers Centre. Guerrero finished 4-for-5 with two singles and a third-inning double that missed being a home run by about a foot off the right-center field wall.He also came close in his second at-bat, blasting a 397-foot drive to deep right-center that hit the top of the wall for a double. According to Statcast, the wind blew that fly ball in by 11 feet. He ended the day a triple short of the cycle. The 27-year-old has hit 71 home runs in 462 career games at Rogers Centre.Last season, he hit 12 of his 23 homers there. In 2021, when he hit 48 home runs, he also played home games at Buffalo Sahlen Field and TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, due to COVID travel restrictions. He totaled 26 home runs in 70 games between those two stadiums.Guerrero has disappointed with only nine homers and 56 RBI this season, as he has made less contact and not hit the ball as hard, resulting in lower exit velocities and flatter launch angles. Okamoto, meanwhile, has enjoyed an outstanding debut summer. His club-leading 32nd homer set a rookie club record with his 85th RBI. Bullpen catcher Matt Domian made a nifty catch on the home run ball.Guerrero savored the moment, taking 34 seconds to round the bases. He performed his usual routine, including a hop between second and third, a shush sign with third-base coach Carlos Febles, a kiss of the wrists and a glance skyward as he approached home plate. That is just my pace, he claimed.As he slipped on the Blue Jays homer blazer for the first time at Rogers Centre since Game 6 of the 2025 ALCS against Seattle on Oct. 19, the capacity crowd of 41,805 chanted Vla-ddy, Vla-ddy. Guerrero acknowledged the cheers with a curtain call. Shortstop Andres Gimenez and other teammates flew over the top dugout railing in a frenzy to congratulate him. It means a lot, Guerrero said.They obviously were aware of what was going on. They kept telling me to keep my head up. Manager John Schneider added, I think everyone was pretty excited, not just for him, but for the game, too. It seemed like the crowd really sensed what it actually meant to.The reaction was far from the boos Guerrero occasionally heard at home. My father always told me that the fans do not boo bad players, Guerrero said, referring to former Montreal Expos standout Vladimir Guerrero Sr. Springer drove in four runs with his rally-igniting homer and a bases-loaded clearing double in the eighth. It was great, a game like that, Guerrero said. But it is about winning, it is about the team.The Orioles fell to 72-78. Pete Alonso became the first ALer to 100 RBI with his run-tying single in the fifth inning. Baltimore lefty Trevor Rogers (10-10) surrendered three homers and four runs in six innings on seven hits, with a walk and five strikeouts. Blue Jays starter Dylan Cease (11-5) endured a challenging first two innings.Cease loaded the bases on Alonso's single sandwiched between two walks. The Toronto ace then struck out three straight to escape the jam. He hung in for five innings and 94 pitches, striking out nine. Cease gave up a run on four hits with five walks.He struck out Coby Mayo for a career-high 228th strikeout this season, finishing the afternoon with 236. Five Toronto relievers followed with four scoreless innings. Toronto improved to 75-75 and remains one game behind the Cleveland Guardians for the final AL wild-card spot. Injured Toronto starter Trey Yesavage, out with a left knee ailment since early July, threw a bullpen session Sunday morning.He is expected to make a rehab start for triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday and start for the Blue Jays on Sept. 21 in Baltimore, though the team has said he could return in the final week of the regular season. Toronto's Jose Soriano (12-7) will face righty Troy Melton (8-4) in the opener of a three-game set against the Detroit Tigers at home on Monday.