The Detroit Tigers keep their one game lead in the AL Central over the Minnesota Twins by defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Tuesday. They game up a couple late inning runs, but managed to hold off the Blue Jays rally. There are just 5 games left for the Tigers. While they are already guaranteed at least the Wild Card, they really want the division title. If they don’t get it, they will have suffered a collapse of sorts.

It’s almost over—the season that is. The Toronto Blue Jays are technically in it since they are 10.5 games back in the AL Wild Card, but their season is really over. There’s only a few weeks of baseball left—in the regular season—and they have many teams to climb over. How about the Red Sox? They have crashed. It’s going to take a monumental effort to make the playoffs. First, they need to stop losing games. Second, they need to start winning against good teams. Finally, they need the teams ahead of them—Yankees or Chiacgo White Sox and Minnesota—to start losing.

If you heard a large thud recently, that was probably a Red sox fan hitting the floor. In the span of a few weeks, the Red Sox have went from a team that figured to be on the road to a World Series to a team that’s looking forward to next season. Sure, the Red Sox are still in the hunt for the Wild Card, but they can just about forget any hopes of capturing the AL East crown. After the Red Sox lost Ortiz, they have gone further downhill.

The New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 today and gained a critical game on the Boston Red Sox. The critical inning of the game was the 4th. In that inning, the Yankees, then training 1-0, put up 4 runs and sealed the victory. It was smooth sailing for Yankees pitchers.

The New York Yankees picked up a crucial game today as they outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4. Going into the sixth inning, the Blue Jays had a modest lead of 4-2. In the sixth inning, the Yankees got back a run and pulled to a 4-3 deficit. In the top of the seventh inning, the Yankees scored two need runs and took a 5-4 lead. In the ninth, the Yankees closed the door by sending Mariano Rivera to the mound. He pitched a quick inning and got his 23rd save of the season.

Mariano Rivera is no longer the Superman he once was. Today, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees in 11 innings. In the bottom of the 11th, Vernon Wells took a Rivera pitch downtown for the walk off game winner. The sixth inning proved to be the difference in the game. The Yankees had a 3-0 lead going into the sixth, but pitching broke down and the Blue Jays scored four runs.