Toronto Blue Jays clinch MLB post-season berth with Orioles’ loss to Red Sox
The Toronto Blue Jays locked up a playoff spot Thursday afternoon without taking the field, securing a berth when the Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 5-3.
With downtime valuable during the stretch drive, the team was expected to celebrate the accomplishment after the series opener against the Red Sox. “These guys are excited to be in this position,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said after Wednesday’s 8-3 loss to the New York Yankees. “You’ve got three really good pitchers lined up against a good Boston team, playing at home.
If Toronto maintains its grip on the first of three American League wild-card seeds, then the Blue Jays would play at Rogers Centre for the best-of-three first-round series.It’s part of a new Major League Baseball playoff format this year. The top two division winners in each league get byes to the division series.The third-ranked division winner will host the third wild-card seed in one wild-card series and the top wild-card entry welcomes the second wild-card seed in the other.
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