The Toronto Blue Jays knocked the New York Yankees out of the Major League Baseball playoffs on Wednesday as the Phillies fended off elimination against the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Toronto triumphed 5-2 at Yankee Stadium to win their best-of-five American League division series 3-1.

The Phillies, fighting for their playoff lives after dropping the first two games in Philadelphia, downed the Dodgers 8-2 in Los Angeles to claw back to 2-1 in their National League series.

The Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs also stayed alive.

Detroit beat the Seattle Mariners 9-3 to level their American League series at two games apiece.

The Cubs edged the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 to pull within 2-1 in their National League series.

The Yankees, winners of 27 World Series titles, had rall

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