TORONTO — It was not an obvious moment of infamy — no ground ball through the legs, no fastball down the middle just begging to be a hit. But the record will show that the play that sent the Toronto Blue Jays to the American League Championship Series on Sunday was scored as an error against the most notorious member of the Texas Rangers.

Second baseman Rougned Odor, who punched the Blue Jays’ Jose Bautista in the jaw in May, made a wild throw while trying to turn a double play in the bottom of the 10th inning at Rogers Centre in Game 3 of this division series. Josh Donaldson, who had led off with a double, slid headfirst into home to complete a 7-6 victory and a three-games-to-none sweep.

Odor’s error was the first in baseball history to end a postseason series.

“I threw it a little bit to the side,” he said. “I pulled the ball a little bit. I tried to do my best, and that’s it. I had a chance at first. If it was a good throw, we can make the double play.”

Toronto returns to the A.L.C.S. after having lost in six games to the Kansas City Royals last fall. The series starts Friday in Boston or Cleveland; the Indians can eliminate the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Monday to finish a sweep of that series.