With 200th HR of ’16, Rays set club record

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TORONTO — Home runs are us — so says the 2016 Rays, who established a single-season club record for home runs when Corey Dickerson hit their 200th of the season in Wednesday afternoon’s 8-1 win against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

Dickerson stepped to the plate with one out in the sixth. Nick Franklin’s single to right had just chased Blue Jays starter Marco Estrada in favor of lefty Matt Dermody.

Dickerson had just one home run in 84 at-bats against left-handers, so manager John Gibbons’ decision looked like the right one until Dickerson swung at an 82-mph …

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