Did you know? Key facts from Rangers-Blue Jays Game 3

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It was another unforgettable night in Toronto, as the Blue Jays enjoyed another dramatic walk-off win in the postseason in their 7-6 triumph over the Rangers in 10 innings on Sunday night. The victory clinched a sweep for Toronto in the American League Division Series, sending the Blue Jays to their second consecutive AL Championship Series to face either the Red Sox or the Indians for a shot at the 2016 World Series.

Before the Blue Jays move on, here’s one final look at the facts and figures from their wild and historic Game 3 victory:

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• Sunday’s game was the seventh contest in postseason history to end on a play that saw the batter reach on an error, but it was the first to end a series. The last came in Game 3 of the 2014 National League Championship Series, when the Giants’ Gregor Blanco reached on a throwing error by the Cardinals’ Randy Choate, and Brandon Crawford came around to score.

• The Blue Jays’ win marked the 32nd time a postseason series had ended on a walk-off play. Toronto has prevailed in the past two, including this year’s AL Wild Card Game against the Orioles, becoming just the second team to win two series-clinching games on walk-off plays in the same postseason. The other? The 2001 D-backs prevailed with a walk-off in Game 5 of the NLDS and then ended that year’s World Series on Luis Gonzalez’s walk-off single off the Yankees’ Mariano Rivera. Each of those wins by Arizona came in the bottom of the ninth, however, so the Blue Jays are the only team to win both of its series-clinching walk-off games in extra …

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