For the Blue Jays, the slog and sheer monotony of baseball’s marathon season boils down to one game and one shot of earning the franchise’s first AL East title in a decade.

Technically, the Jays enter Sunday’s regular-season finale with two chances to claim the division.

The front-door path involves a win over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays, a pesky team that has dropped the opening two games of the series to the Jays, including Saturday’s 5-1 outcome.

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The back door can be found in the Bronx where the New York Yankees wrap up their series against the Baltimore Orioles after the Pinstripers took the opening two games of the series.

Because the Jays hold the tiebreaker over the Yankees, the Jays don’t necessarily have to win Sunday

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