It is done. The Red Sox beat Minnesota tonight, and Baltimore took out the Yankees in the 10th inning 10-9. The Boston Red Sox have their first American League East title since 1995 breaking a 9 year Yankees stranglehold on the American League East championship.
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The Boston Red Sox became the first team in MLB to clinch a playoff spot yesterday. They did it in dramatic fashion with a 3 run rally in the top of the 9th for a an 8-6 come from behind win over Tampa Bay. The Red Sox will at least be the wild card team for the American League. The Red Sox are still 2.5 up on the Yankees and the magic number for them to take the division is down to 6.
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Both Cleveland and the Los Angeles Angels can take their divisions today. Both of their magic numbers sit at 1. Cleveland needs to beat Oakland or have Detroit lose to Kansas City to take the American League Central. LAA needs a victory over Seattle (who they lost to yesterday) to take the American League West.