The season will come to a merciful end for the Minnesota Twins as they wrap up the campaign by trying to avoid a three-game road sweep at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays. Regardless of Wednesday’s outcome, the Twins are assured of their second consecutive last-place finish in the American League Central. The Blue Jays guaranteed they will not

The Toronto Blue Jays are fighting to stay out of the American League East cellar, but they’re also getting a glimpse of what could be a bright future. A pair of rookies led a late rally in Monday’s series opener against the visiting Minnesota Twins, and the Blue Jays will look for more bright spots from their young prospects when

The desire to stay out of the cellar in their respective divisions will provide the greatest motivation for the Minnesota Twins and the Toronto Blue Jays as they play out the string with a three-game series starting Monday at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays are a game ahead of last-place Boston in the American League East after splitting a four-game series with the New

New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi has said his team won’t celebrate clinching a playoff berth because the Yankees are still focused on the American League East race with Baltimore. Although New York can clinch a postseason berth on Sunday, it is even with the Orioles with four games remaining. The Yankees will try to keep pace and salvage a four-game

Veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte has provided the New York Yankees with a big addition to their starting rotation since returning from the disabled list earlier this month, and the 40-year-old will try to win his third straight start and preserve New York’s one-game lead in the American League East when he faces the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. The Yankees’ magic number to

The new wild-card format means there is plenty at stake for the New York Yankees as they continue a four-game road series against the Toronto Blue Jays and try to hang onto their slim American League East lead. The Yankees hand the ball to right-hander Hiroki Kuroda to protect their one-game lead over Baltimore. Though both teams are likely to make the postseason, the

The New York Yankees are inching closer to a playoff berth and are staring at the bottom of the American League East the rest of the way. The Yankees, who lead the Baltimore Orioles by 1 1/2 games for first place in the division, begin a four-game series at the last-place Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday before finishing up with three at home against

The Baltimore Orioles have only a few more chances to get catch up to the New York Yankees before the wild card becomes their only shot at the playoffs. The Orioles have dropped back-to-back games and trail the Yankees by two games in the loss column. Only a comeback by the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night kept Baltimore within 11/2 games of

The Baltimore Orioles are farther behind the New York Yankees in the American League East than they have been at any point in the last three weeks – 1 1/2 games. The Orioles had the chance to keep it within a game but were outslugged by the Toronto Blue Jays in the nightcap of a doubleheader on Monday. Baltimore has five more games against

The Baltimore Orioles start a four-game series against the strugglingToronto Blue Jays with a doubleheader Monday, holding their postseason hopes squarely in their own hands. The Orioles come home for the next seven after winning six on a nine-game road trip. Baltimore lost the first two in Oakland and the last on Sunday in Boston. The Orioles are one game behind the Yankees