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Sweeps Weekend in Key Matchups

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There were three series this weekend with playoff implications and all three ended with big sweeps as the Pirates, Cubs and Blue Jays all made their postseason case while the Dodgers, Giants and Yankees were all left reeling. Here's a look at a big sweeps around baseball this weekend.

Blue Jays stay hot

The Blue Jays pitching was the story this weekend in their sweep of the Yankees, allowing just one run in 28 innings against one of the top scoring teams in baseball and not allowing a run over the final 26 straight innings of the series.