Ben Rice's second home run of the day, a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth inning, lifted the New York Yankees to a vital 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on the last day of the season.

But eight straight wins to end the year still weren't enough to win the division.

Up in Toronto, the Blue Jays cracked the Tampa Bay Rays 13-4 to clinch their first American League East title since 2015, thanks to their tiebreaker over the Yankees. Both teams finished with identical 94-68 records.

While the Blue Jays held on to the No. 1 overall seed in the American League, which grants them a bye into the ALDS, the Yankees will host the Boston Red Sox in the best-of-three Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday night in the Bronx.

The Orioles' runs came from back-to-back home runs in the top of th

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