TORONTO – Win or lose, the Toronto Blue Jays are going to celebrate tonight.
The Blue Jays clinched a playoff berth Thursday afternoon when the Baltimore Orioles lost to the Boston Red Sox 5-3.
That defeat mathematically eliminated Baltimore from the playoffs and guaranteed Toronto will be in the post-season.
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But the Blue Jays had Thursday off, meaning they couldn’t celebrate together as a team.
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Toronto hosts the Red Sox tonight to start a three-game series. Blue Jays interim manager John Schneider says his team will celebrate its post-season berth regardless of the result against Boston.
The Blue Jays have six more regular-season games. Toronto is still playing for home-field advantage in the American League wild card series.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 30, 2022.
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