TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays will have two advantages going into the opener of their best-of-five American League Division Series against the New York Yankees on Saturday.

They will have home-park advantage with a loud crowd behind them, and they will also have an edge in rest.

The Blue Jays have not played since Sunday when they clinched first in the AL East on the final day of the regular season. The Blue Jays and Yankees both finished with 94-68 records, but Toronto had the tiebreaker after winning the season series 8-5.

While the Blue Jays enjoyed the bye by playing two intrasquad games, the Yankees completed a three-game wild-card series against the Boston Red Sox Thursday night with a 4-0 victory in the decisive game behind the brilliant eight-inning pitching of Cam Schlittler

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