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As you know, the Blue Jays and Yankees were battling it out today for the American Eastern Division title. The real prize? Not playing in this week's best-of-second series.
Early on, both teams took the lead in their respective games: the Yankees struck quickly against Baltimore and the Blue Jays did the same against the Rays, who didn't have an optimal line-up.
The Blue Jays quickly took the lead. And since they had the tiebreaker, all they had to worry about was winning.
Alejandro Kirk hit a grand slam in the first inning and even hit a two-run homer later in the game. Kevin Gausman's ugly start didn't show, then… especially when the club started scoring like crazy.
In fact, as soon as the Blue Jays got the win against the Rays (13-4) and the Red Sox got the win against the Tigers (4-3), everything fell into place for the series in the American. The Yankees' victory changed nothing.
The standings look like this:
- Blue Jays
- Mariners
- Guardians
- Yankees
- Red Sox
- Tigers
The Tigers will take on the Guardians in Cleveland on Tuesday at 1pm in a 2-de-3 series. The winner of the series will travel to Seattle for a 3-of-5 divisional series starting next Saturday.
Emphasis will be placed on the fact that the Guardians made the biggest comeback in history to win their division. At one point, the Tigers were leading by 15 and a half games. #NothingLess
The Cleveland Guardians, who in July were 15.5 games back of Detroit, have won the American League Central and will host the Tigers in the wild card series.
The other AL wild card series will feature the Boston Red Sox and, barring a collapse by Toronto, the New York Yankees.
– Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 28, 2025
And if not, the Yankees will host the Red Sox as early as Tuesday (6pm) for a 2-of-3 – which is great for baseball. And the winner goes to Toronto next Saturday for a division series.
Happy series to all.
- And 55.
Shohei Ohtani hit his 55th home run of the season breaking his own single-season Dodgers franchise record that he set last year with 54.
He leads MLB with 146 runs scored and drew over 100 walks for the first time in his career.
Also has a 2.87 ERA.
– Doug McKain (@DMAC_LA) September 28, 2025
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- Beautiful images.
Clayton Kershaw strikes out Eugenio Suárez to close out the final regular-season start of his career!
Freddie Freeman came out of the @Dodgers dugout to grab the ball from him
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– MLB (@MLB) September 28, 2025
Charlie Morton is greeted by his family on the field after walking off the mound for the final time this season
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– MLB (@MLB) September 28, 2025
- Finally a guy with 30 circuits on the Giants.
Willy Adames is the first Giants player to hit 30-plus home runs in a season since Barry Bonds in 2004.
Every other team had at least five individual 30-homer seasons since then pic.twitter.com/KC8LKJxxeg
– Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) September 28, 2025
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