It took all 162 games to do it, but the Blue Jays finally secured a wild-card berth on Sunday, avoiding the complications of a tiebreaker by winning their final regular season game against the Boston Red Sox. Now they face a winner-take-all showdown at home on Tuesday against the Baltimore Orioles. Baltimore has lost just five games when leading after the sixth inning and only twice when leading after seven. The Jays, by contrast, have the second-most bullpen losses in the majors and they have lost 18 times this year when leading after six innings, nine times when leading after seven. If the Jays are trailing late in the game they will be in tough to make a comeback.

Source: thestar October 03, 2016 00:28 UTC