The final time the Pink Sox made the postseason, their October run began with a winner-take-all AL Wild Card Sport at Fenway Park towards the New York Yankees.
It’ll be a best-of-three sequence as a substitute of a one-game elimination matchup this time, however baseball’s greatest rivals are set to duke it out within the postseason once more.
With their 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday, the Pink Sox locked up the American League’s second Wild Card spot. They may now face the Yankees within the AL Wild Card spherical, with Sport 1 scheduled for Tuesday in New York.
The Yankees beat the Orioles 3-2 of their common season finale to complete 94-68, however the Blue Jays gained their remaining sport as effectively, knocking off the Rays 13-4 to clinch the franchise’s first AL East championship since 2015.
In consequence the Blue Jays earned the AL’s prime seed and a bye to the divisional spherical, forcing the Yankees into the highest Wild Card spot. The Blue Jays will await the winner of the Pink Sox-Yankees sequence.
Boston’s win over Detroit additionally clinched the AL Central championship for the Cleveland Guardians, who at one level trailed the Tigers by as many as 15.5 video games. The Guardians trailed by 9.5 video games as lately as Sept. 10, however over the ultimate month of the season they engineered a outstanding comeback aided by the Tigers’ spectacular collapse.
The Guardians and Tigers will now face off another time within the different AL Wild Card sequence, with the winner advancing to face the Seattle Mariners within the ALDS.
