The Toronto Blue Jays will meet the New York Yankees in the post-season for the first time.
New York advanced to the best-of-five ALDS against Toronto with a 4-0 win over the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series on Thursday night.
Yankees starter Cam Schlittler outduelled fellow rookie Connelly Early, etching his name into franchise lore with 12 punchouts over eight scoreless innings in the win.
The Yankees scored all four runs in the fourth inning, taking advantage of some shoddy Red Sox defence. Amed Rosario and Anthony Volpe chipped in with RBI singles, and two more runs came across on an error by first baseman Nathaniel Lowe.
Toronto and New York ended the season tied atop the AL East standings with matching 94-68 records, but the Blue Jays won the season series 8-5, me