George Springer celebrated Canada Day in Toronto in style, and the Blue Jays gave fans even more reason to cheer. Toronto pulled within one game of the New York Yankees in the AL East standings with a 12-5 blowout win on Tuesday. Springer had a career day, driving in seven runs.

Springer hit his 100th home run as a member of the Blue Jays with a dramatic grand slam vs. the New York Yankees.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s two-run single puts the Blue Jays ahead, but George Springer is hurt on the play and exits the game.

With the game tied 4-4, the Yankees came close to being positioned to escape a two-on jam in the Blue Jays seventh when Luke Weaver appeared to strike out pinch-hitter Addison Barger for a second out that wasn’t to be.

Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC cut its two-highest paid players, announcing mutual agreements to terminate the contracts of wingers Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi.

Insigne only played 76 times for the MLS club after a 2021 move from Napoli, while Bernadeschi joined a year later from Juventus.

Toronto FC have mutually agreed to terminate the contracts of former Italy internationals Lorenzo Insigne and Fernando Bernadeschi, the MLS club announced Tuesday.