TORONTO -- The Blue Jays had an avalanche of momentum, the tying run in scoring position and the entire stadium standing on Tyler Glasnow’s chest. Then, in an instant, it fell apart.

The bottom of the ninth in Game 6 was a mess. At first, it was a mess of luck and chance, then a mess of the Blue Jays’ own making. While their focus must immediately shift to Game 7 Saturday night , it all could have ended so differently than this 3-1 loss .

With Addison Barger and Myles Straw on second and third with no outs -- the result of a bizarre play in which Barger’s deep fly ball lodged itself at the bottom of the wall and was ruled a ground-rule double -- the Blue Jays had the storybook ending right in front of them. After an uncharacteristic first-pitch popout from Ernie Clement, though,

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