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BOSTON -- The Blue Jays almost balked away a pivotal game in their postseason chase.With Toronto leading in the eighth inning thanks to another strong start from 20-game winner J.A. Happ, Roberto Osuna balked in the tying run. But Ezequiel Carrera delivered a sacrifice fly in the ninth, and Toronto beat Boston 4-3 on Saturday night to move into a tie with Baltimore for the top spot in the AL wild-card race.We had the lead and the tying run scores on balk. I was worried about the baseball gods, said manager John Gibbons, whose team is tied with the Orioles at 88 wins with one game to play. We want to enjoy this one. Theyre hard to come by.Toronto owns the tie-breaker with Baltimore and would host the wild-card game if it wins the season finale Sunday. Detroit is also still in the wild-card hunt but would require losses by the Jays or Orioles to get in.With the loss, Boston fell one-half game behind Cleveland in the race for home-field advantage when their AL Division Series begins on Thursday.Obviously, we would like the home-field advantage, Boston utilityman Brock Holt said. Well come ready to go tomorrow. Hopefully well play that first game here.One night after the Blue Jays blew a 3-1 lead and gave up the winning homer to the soon-to-be-retired David Ortiz, Happ seemed poised to pick up his 21st win. But with Toronto leading 3-2 in the eighth, Mookie Betts doubled, took third on Holts hard-hit double-play ball and then scored to tie it when the Blue Jays closer Osuna stopped his motion after starting to get into the stretch.That was a pretty obvious one, said Betts, who had two hits and scored twice for Boston.Osuna got Jackie Bradley Jr. to end the inning.With Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel (2-6) pitching in the ninth, Michael Saunders drew a leadoff walk, and then pinch-runner Dalton Pompey took second on a sacrifice bunt, third on a wild pitch and scored on Carreras fly to left.We grinded out at-bats, said Torontos Kevin Pillar, who drove in three runs on a pair of RBI singles. We know what the alternative is: going home. You dont put this much work in to fold up shop and go home.Kimbrel has losses in two of his last three appearances, issuing six walks while completing two innings. Since Sept. 22, his ERA has risen from 2.52 to 3.40.The 21-year-old Osuna (4-3) retired the Red Sox in order in the ninth to recover from his sixth blown save of the season.FOR STARTERSHapp pitched 6 1/3 innings of four-hit ball, allowing allowed two runs while walking five and striking out one.Boston starter Eduardo Rodriguez allowed three runs -- all on RBI singles by Pillar -- three hits and five walks, striking out nine.FAREWELL PAPIOrtiz walked and singled in three plate appearances before he was replaced in the fifth inning by a pinch-runner. The Red Sox designated hitter tipped his batting helmet to the crowd that stood and chanted Papi! for the second consecutive night.Ortiz, 40, has announced this season will be his last. The Red Sox already extended his career by winning the AL East, but they are using his final regular season series to celebrate him.Before Saturdays game, Ortiz was joined on the field by other Boston sports stars, including Bruins legend Bobby Orr, NFL Hall of Famer Andre Tippett and the entire current Celtics roster. Several of the players asked Ortiz to sign their jerseys and pose for selfies with them.UP NEXTBlue Jays: RHP Aaron Sanchez (14-2, 3.06 ERA) goes in the regular season finale Sunday. Hes allowed one run over six innings in each of his last two starts after extended rest for a blister.Red Sox: Former Blue Jays left-hander David Price (17-9, 4.04) will start for Boston on Sunday. He took the loss in his previous start Tuesday against the Yankees, giving up six runs and 12 hits in 6 1/3 innings, halting his career-best, eight-game winning streak. Dansby Swanson Jersey . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. 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That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself.Eddie Howe insists Bournemouth will eventually reflect positively on an historic first Premier League season. Bournemouths first-ever top flight campaign ended in a 16th-place finish after they lost six of their last eight games in the Premier League.But they had been among the favourites to be relegated back in August, and manager Howe says the achievement will sink in in the summer. He told Sky Sports: Overall the players have been outstanding and we have to look forward to next season with optimism.I think the initial reaction is to be disappointed when youre beaten, but in the summer I think well reflect on a memorable season, the best in the clubs history. Marcus Rashford celebrates his goal at Old Trafford Of course, we have to try and come back stronger and build. The league is going to be stronger, weve seen that in the closing weeks of the season.Weve got to come back and get ready for a really tough campaign.Bournemouth failed to create many clear-cut chances at Old Trafford, with goals from Wayne Rooney, Ashley Young and Marcus Rashford contributing to their defeat. Louis van Gaal says expectation among Manchester United fans is too high Howe rued the amount of possession the Cherries gave United, and said the second goal from Rashford killed the game off.dddddddddddde said: It was a difficult game, they frustrated us, and it was a game of few chances and they took theirs. The second goal killed it.They had too much possession, too much quality. When we did have it we turned it over too quickly. It was a difficult night for both teams after Sunday, but credit to both teams I thought they gave it their all. Also See: Man Utd 3-1 Bournemouth As it happened Premier League video Final PL table ' ' '