AL wild-card roundup: Blue Jays, Rangers just 0.5 games back of Guardians

Canada’s team and a Canadian pitcher delivered strong performances on Thursday in the tight American League wild-card race. The Toronto Blue Jays pulled within 0.5 games of Cleveland with a 6-3 win over the Guardians in the afternoon before Canadian right-hander Cal Quantrill led the Texas Rangers to a 6-0 win over the AL-best Tampa Bay Rays. With the victory, the Rangers pulled into a tie with Toronto in the wild-card race. The Baltimore Orioles missed a chance to make it a three-way tie as they lost 6-3 to the Boston Red Sox. Here’s a look at the standings Thursday…