Rays win, extend Jays’ playoff wait

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays remained on the brink of a playoff spot after they lost 7-5 to Taylor Walls and the Tampa Bay Rays in 10 innings.

Toronto (89-72) still had a couple more ways to get into the playoffs on Saturday. A loss for Seattle against Texas Saturday night would secure a wild card for the Blue Jays. Losses for the Mariners and Astros on Saturday, would guarantee Toronto the second of three AL wild cards and set up a best-of-three postseason series at Tampa Bay.

Walls lifted the Rays to a 6-4 lead with a two-run single off Jordan Hicks (3-9) with two out in the 10th. Junior Caminero then drove in Raimel Tapia with an infield single. Tigers 8, Guardians 0: Miguel Cabrera followed a pregame retirement celebration by scoring the first run and driving in another, helping host Detroit beat Cleveland to clinch second place in the AL Central.

Yankees: Manager Aaron Boone was still smoothing over some clubhouse discord with two games left in a lost season after right-hander Carlos Rodón and pitching coach Matt Blake clashed on the mound the previous night.

Rodón was in the midst of allowing all eight batters he faced to reach base and eventually score in a 12-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals when Blake came out the dugout in an attempt to get him on track. The two exchanged a few words before Rodón turned his back on Blake and gestured for him to return to the dugout, even though the coach was still talking.

“Obviously we don’t want that happening,” said Boone, whose team needed to win one of its last two games against the Royals to extend its streak of winning seasons to 31. “Things happen in the heat of battle, but it’s been addressed.”