Overview

• Rookie Cam Schlittler struck out 12 over eight scoreless innings with no walks to clinch a 4-0 Game 3 and send New York through.
• The best-of-five ALDS opens Saturday at Rogers Centre after Toronto earned the top seed via an 8-5 head-to-head edge in a 94-68 tie.
• Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette is described as day to day with a left knee sprain, with Chris Bassitt (back) and Ty France (oblique) under consideration and Jose Berrios not expected to be available.
• Outlets have reported projected but tentative pitching plans, including a possible Luis Gil vs. Shane Bieber matchup in Game 1, with Toronto’s choices still fluid ahead of roster submissions.
• The Yankees became the first team in the expanded Wild Card era to lose Game 1 and still advance, shifting focus to a rivalry ALDS after dispatching Boston.