MLB Announces Potential Three-Way AL Wild Card Tiebreaker

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The NL Wild Card is tight, but the AL Wild Card is tighter. There could possibly  be a three-way tiebreaker between the Toronto Blue Jays, their AL East rival Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers, USA Today reports.

If this happens, the Blue Jays would host the first game on Tuesday. The Orioles would host a home game on Wednesday instead of playing two road games.

The way it would work is the Blue Jays would host the Tigers on Tuesday in Toronto. The winner would clinch the first Wild Card spot. The loser of that game would then travel to Camden Yards in Baltimore to take on the Orioles. 

The AL Wild Card game will be played Thursday. The game will be in either Toronto or Baltimore, depending on how everything plays out. The winner of the AL Wild Card game will take on the Texas Rangers in the ALDS beginning next Friday.