Each night in the 2016 baseball season we'll run down the top news, facts and highlights from around Major League Baseball.
If the Toronto Blue Jays miss the playoffs, they can look back on their season series with the Tampa Bay Rays, owners of the second-worst record in the American League.
Clinching a winning record against the Jays for eighth time over the past nine seasons Tuesday night at Rogers Centre, the Rays handed Toronto its eighth loss in 11 September games with a 6-2 win. For the sixth time in their past eight games, the Jays' bats failed to score more than three runs as southpaw Drew Smyly fired 5 2/3 innings to remain unbeaten at Rogers Centre in his career.