That means if º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøbeats the Rays on Saturday (3 p.m., Sportsnet) and the Yankees lose to the Orioles (1 p.m., Sportsnet 360), the Jays will win their first AL title since 2015.
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º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøowns the tiebreaker and would win the AL East if the two teams have the same record.
The division winner gets a bye and heads straight into the second round of the playoffs starting Sat. Oct. 4, getting a chance to rest up and reset its rotation. The other team gets a wild card and has to play a best-of-three series at home beginning Tuesday.
Any combination of º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøwins and Yankees losses adding to two will give the Jays the AL East.
How the Jays can clinch
• If the Jays finish the season at 2-0, it doesn’t matter what the Yankees do;
• If the Jays go 1-1 and the Yankees go 1-1 or worse;
• If the Jays go 0-2 and the Yankees go 0-2.
How the Jays can miss out on AL East crown
• If the Jays go 1-1 and the Yankees go 2-0;
• If the Jays go 0-2 and the Yankees go 1-1 or better.
Probable pitchers for Saturday
The Jays will have rookie Trey Yesavage (0-0, 5.00 ERA) on the mound vs. the Rays’ Joe Boyle (1-3, 4.40 ERA).
The Yankees will start Cam Schlittler (3-3, 3.27 ERA) while Baltimore counters with Tomoyuki Sugano (10-9, 4.54 ERA).
AL standings snapshot
º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøand New York are tied atop the AL East with 92-68 records. º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøowns the tiebreaker.
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The team with the best overall record gains home-field advantage throughout the AL playoffs.
The top two division winners skip the wild-card round and head straight to the division series.
The Cleveland Guardians are tied with the Detroit Tigers at 86-74 in the Central after both teams lost Friday. Cleveland owns the tiebreaker.
Seattle (90-69 heading into Friday night on a seven-game win streak) are the AL West winners.
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