{"id":2039698,"date":"2025-09-21T21:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2039698"},"modified":"2025-09-21T21:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:38:40","slug":"blue-jays-clinch-postseason-spot-with-8-5-win-over-royals-al-east-title-in-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/blue-jays-clinch-postseason-spot-with-8-5-win-over-royals-al-east-title-in-reach\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays clinch postseason spot with 8-5 win over Royals; AL East title in reach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/toronto\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Toronto Blue Jays;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> clinched a postseason berth with <a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/toronto-blue-jays-kansas-city-royals-450921107\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:an 8-5 win;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">an 8-5 win<\/a> versus the <a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/kansas-city\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Royals;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kansas City Royals<\/a> at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>An AL East title, the franchise&#8217;s first since 2015, is also within reach. Toronto (90-66) holds <a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/standings\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:a two-game lead;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a two-game lead<\/a> over the <a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/ny-yankees\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Yankees;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Yankees<\/a> (87-68) with six games remaining in the regular season. The Yankees defeated the <a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/baltimore\" data-ylk=\"slk:Baltimore Orioles;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees-baltimore-orioles-450921101\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:7-1;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">7-1<\/a>, on Sunday to stay alive in the division race.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story will be updated with more information.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Blue Jays clinched a postseason berth with an 8-5 win versus the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday. An AL East title, the franchise&#8217;s first since 2015, is also within reach. Toronto (90-66) holds a two-game lead over the New York Yankees (87-68) with six games remaining in the regular season. 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