The Yankees' Ronald Torreyes beats the late throw and is safe at home against the Oriioles at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. ( Julie Jacobson / The Associated Press )On the verge of assuring at least a tiebreaker for a playoff berth, the Baltimore Orioles stumbled. Baltimore dropped into a tie with Toronto for the AL’s two wild cards at 88-73, with Detroit and Seattle both 1 ½ games behind at 86-74. TIGERS STUNG: Freddie Freeman and Nick Markakis homered and rookie Aaron Blair had a career-high 10 strikeouts as the last-place Atlanta Braves damaged the Detroit Tigers’ playoff hopes with a 5-3 victory Saturday night. LONGER COMMUTE: The Los Angeles Dodgers will be making a lot longer trip than they hoped to begin the playoffs.

Source: thestar October 02, 2016 01:11 UTC