Welcome to Blue Jays Scoreboard Watching, a regular look at how Toronto is faring in relation to its playoff rivals. Here we'll provide an update on the standings, recap what each team did the night before and look ahead to their next matchup. Only teams within five games of the Blue Jays in the wild-card race will be included.
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The Toronto Blue Jays entered this week's four-game series with the Baltimore Orioles saying they wanted to bury their pesky division rival. While it would be premature to say they completely removed the Orioles from the American League postseason race, the Blue Jays took a big step toward accomplishing that by winning three of the four games.