What if baltimore and yankees tie

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Rays' Michael Wacha, ET. The Red Sox have been in playoff position - or tied for it - after of their games this season, while Mariners couldn't make that claim since April Until Thursday night, when the listless Red Sox lost for the second time in three nights at Baltimore, enabling the idle Mariners to slide into a tie with Boston - the closest they've come in two decades to breaking their playoff drought.

Both teams close with sub-. What it takes : While little can be assumed this time of year, the Red Sox and Mariners have the most eminently sweepable matchups. A Yankees weekend plus Seattle-Boston sweeps would create a three-team playoff for the two wild card spots more on that below. But two or three Yankee wins plus Seattle-Boston sweeps mean the two clubs would settle on the field - a one-game playoff Monday at Fenway Park the Red Sox hold the tiebreaker, , with the winner shuttling south for Tuesday's wild card game at Yankee Stadium.

Pitching matchups at Nationals Park : Eduardo Rodriguez vs. Toronto may forever rue Ryu? Now, it must try to feast on a team that's hardly laid down despite already losing games - while needing help from the Angels, Nationals and perhaps the Rays. The Blue Jays are this season against Baltimore, but the Orioles are playing loose and also playing hard, as the Red Sox found out. More MLB News ».

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