Roy Halladay said he will enter the Hall of Fame as a Blue Jay, if the call comes.

“I’d go as a Blue Jay,” said Halladay, in town Sunday with several other legendary Jays pitchers as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the franchise’s best players.

“I wanted to retire here, too, just because I felt like this is the bulk of my career,” added Halladay, who starred in his first 12 seasons as a Jay, before pitching for the Phillies in the final four years of his career.

Canadian pride: Russell Martin’s homer — part of a back-to-back with Troy Tulowitzki in the fifth inning — put the Jays catcher at 10 home runs for the season.

With Michael Saunders at 20 homers, it marked the second pair of Canadian teammates to reach 10 or more homers for the same team in a single MLB season.

Corey Koskie (25 homers) and Justin Morneau (19) were the first pair, accomplishing the feat for the 2004 Minnesota Twins.

Ducks on the pond: Martin’s three-run homer Saturday, and Tulwitzki’s two-run shot Sunday, gave the Jays something they have struggled with for over a month — home runs with runners on base.

Entering Sunday’s game, 21 of the Jays previous 23 homers had been solo shots.

Settling in: Jason Grilli continues to receive high praise from teammates and his coaching staff. The right-handed reliever has done an admirable job in the eighth inning, and did it again Sunday with a perfect eighth.

Grilli has struck out four of the last five batters he’s faced. He’s also notched at least one strikeout in 23 of his last 25 games. Since joining the Jays, he’s struck out 37 of 95 batters he’s faced.

Stanton done: Marlins’ star outfielder Giancarlo Stanton underwent an MRI that revealed he has a Grade 3 strain of his left groin.

The injury will keep Stanton out at least six weeks, making it unlikely he will play again this season, Michael Hill, Marlins president of baseball operations said.

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Hill said Marlins officials are beginning the process of examining options from outside the organization to add a player and said former Yankee Alex Rodriguez will receive consideration.