The New York Yankees finished one win shy of repeating as AL East champions despite beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 Sunday behind a pair of Ben Rice home runs for a season-ending eight-game winning streak.
Toronto beat Tampa Bay 13-4. The Blue Jays and Yankees both finished 94-68, and Toronto won the AL East on a tiebreaker because of its 8-5 advantage in the season series.
New York will host Boston in a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday, with the winner advancing to a Division Series next weekend.
Aaron Judge went 1 for 4 and won his first batting title, leading the major leagues at .331.. He had 53 homers and 114 RBIs.
Rice homered in the first against Kyle Bradish, but Jordan Westburg and Gunnar Henderson hit back-to-back homers in the fourth off Luis Gil for a 2-1 l