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After forcing extras in the ninth inning, the Blue Jays won in the 10th on a walk-off single by Anthony Gose for a 6-5 win over the Twins to kick off the final series of the year in front of a season-low crowd of 12,359 at Rogers Centre on Monday.

Wade LeBlanc pitched five solid innings and the offense rallied late against the Mets’ bullpen for a 3-2 win on Monday.

A year that began as one of transition in St. Louis turns to October with all feeling familiar.

Following the 4-2 victory over the Reds at Busch Stadium on Monday night, players, coaches and team personnel gathered in the team dining room — with significant rooting interest — to watch the final innings of the Dodgers-Giants game.

The magic number is zero. The Nationals are the National League East champions, despite their 2-0 loss to the Phillies on Monday night.

Kyle Kendrick threw seven shutout innings, and Darin Ruf’s first Major League triple plated all the runs the Phillies would need in a 2-0 win.

Thanks to a nine-run second inning, the Yankees cruised to a 10-2 victory over the last place Red Sox and regained sole possession of first place in the American League East thanks to the Orioles’ loss to the Rays in St. Petersburg.

The Rangers clinched a postseason berth on Sunday in Game 2 of a doubleheader in Texas, and they brought two other teams into the playoffs with them: the Yankees and Orioles.

The Orioles — whose plane made an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Fla., en route to Tampa — also got good news in the air on Sunday night, with the club officially clinching a postseason berth with the Angels’ 8-7 loss to Texas in the second game of a split doubleheader.

To sustain winning chemistry over a long season, you need that positive energy along with the physical and emotional commitment. In spite of the rueful way the 2011 season ended, the Rangers still have it. It’s impossible to miss.

Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre left Game 2 of Sunday’s doubleheader against the Angels due to a re-aggravation of a left shoulder strain.

The Orioles’ team charter made an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday night because of smoke on the plane, interrupting the planned trip from Baltimore to Tampa Bay.

Angels shortstop Erick Aybar exited Game 2 of Sunday’s doubleheader in the second inning with a strained right quad and is day to day.

The Yankees have arrived at the first checkpoint of their march toward October’s top spot, now guaranteed of entry into baseball’s postseason with at least an American League Wild Card spot.

Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips was lifted in the sixth inning Sunday during a 4-3 win over the Pirates. It was a precaution as Phillips felt tightness in his left groin while running the bases in the third inning.

Chipper Jones had the opportunity to dictate when he would leave Sunday’s 6-2 victory against the Mets, his final regular-season home game, but he didn’t. He wanted to finish what he started. And besides, he had his own plans for what he would do once the game was over.