The Rays ran into a lefthanded buzzsaw named Brian Matusz and lost 4-0 to the Orioles while the Yankees got themselves into a 7 run hole they couldn’t climb out of, falling to the Blue Jays 7-5. Meanwhile, the Red Sox beat the White Sox in Chicago 6-1 to maintain their tenuous grasp on postseason hopes.
MAGIC NUMBERS:
Rays: Wild Card = 1, Division = 5
Yankees: Wild Card = 1, Division = 6
TUESDAY’S SCOREBOARDS TO WATCH
New York @ Toronto 7:07 p.m.
Baltimore @ Rays 7:10 p.m.
Boston @ Chicago 8:10 p.m.