NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees finished one win shy of repeating as AL East champion and lost the division title to Toronto on a tiebreaker 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 and the Yankees and Blue Jays both finished 94-68. Toronto won the division 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 starting at the Blue Jays 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 Jord