TORONTO – Amid the varied slate of scenarios and contingencies the Toronto Blue Jays worked through as Game 162 approached, Kevin Gausman kept things simple for himself – just be ready to pitch.

The ace right-hander will do just that in a high-stakes regular-season finale that decides who claims the American League East, a first-round bye and home-field advantage on the AL side of the post-season bracket, as the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-1 winners over the Tampa Bay Rays, and the New York Yankees, 6-1 victors over the Baltimore Orioles, each held serve Saturday afternoon.

You want drama? Here it is.

“It blows my mind that you play so many games and it still comes down to the last one,” said Gausman. “Nothing new to me, I’ve been in this situation before. In 2016, with the Orioles, it was us

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