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CHICAGO — The late Jim Croce sang about how a guy named Leroy Brown was the “baddest” man on the south side of Chicago.

That was then. Right now, the baddest man on the south side is Blue Jays rookie Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

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If the baseball world hasn’t taken notice of Gurriel yet, they soon will. The 24-year-old infielder was on a roll coming into Friday night’s game at Guaranteed Rate Field against the White Sox and he’s on an even bigger roll now.

The native of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba smashed a pair of home runs and also hit a double to lead the Jays to a 10-5 victory over the White Sox.

It was Gurriel’s first career multi-home run game and ninth straight multi-hit game, trying Tony Fernandez for longest streak in club history. Fernandez’s streak came in 1986.

In all, the Jays hit five home runs off Chicago starter Reynaldo Lopez. The other dingers came from Curtis Granderson, Randal Grichuk and Kendrys Morales. Granderson and Gurriel led off the game with solo homers, the first time since May 22, 2016 that Toronto started a game with lead off homers, when Jose Bautista and Josh Donaldson performed the feat.