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Red Sox likely to face Tribe in ALDS
- Updated: September 30, 2016
NEW YORK — After losing, 5-1, and being swept by the Yankees on Thursday night, it is now likely that the American League East champion Red Sox will face the AL Central champion Indians in the AL Division Series, which starts on Oct. 6 on TBS.
To face another opponent besides Cleveland, the Red Sox would have to sweep the Blue Jays at home this weekend and the Rangers would have to be swept in Texas by the last-place Tampa Bay Rays.
If that unlikely scenario occurred, Boston would play the winner of the AL Wild Card Game in the ALDS.
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However, it is still very much in question whether a Red Sox-Indians ALDS would start in Boston or Cleveland.
The Red Sox are 92-67, leading by just a half-game against the Indians (91-67), who were postponed against the Tigers on Thursday.
If Boston and Cleveland finish with the same record, the Red Sox would get home-field advantage by virtue of winning the head-to-head series, 4-2.
The Sox and Rangers (94-65) tied their season series, 3-3, but Texas would win a tiebreaker by virtue of …
