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O’s, Jays offer Wild Card preview on MLB.TV
- Updated: September 28, 2016
Baseball fans are being treated to a potential peek into October this week as the Blue Jays and Orioles offer what could be a preview of this year’s American League Wild Card Game with a three-game series at Rogers Centre.
If the season ended today, these division rivals would meet in the AL’s one-game playoff. Toronto won the opener, furthering their claim to home-field advantage should these clubs open the postseason together on Oct. 4.
This is far from the only intriguing matchup included in today’s schedule, which is packed with postseason implications. Fans can catch all the action streaming live on MLB.TV.
MLB.TV Premium has returned with the same features as last year, and is only $9.99 for the rest of the season. This package has the best value and provides access to more than 400 devices and a free subscription to the MLB.com At Bat Premium app (a $19.99 value). It offers the best picture quality ever — a new 60 frames per second — for supported devices.
Here’s what to watch for throughout the day (all times in ET):
Wild Card preview: BAL@TOR, 7:07 p.m. The Blue Jays enter today’s bout against the Orioles leading the season series between these clubs, which would give them the edge should they finish tied in the Wild Card standings. Toronto currently has a two-game advantage over Baltimore for home field and will look to strengthen that hold today after winning the opener.
The O’s Chris Tillman is looking to rebound from his worst start of the season. He was chased from that game after just five outs against the Red Sox last week, surrendering three runs on five hits and three walks.
“I was just mechanically bad tonight,” Tillman said. “The more I tried to make an adjustment, the worse it kind of got for me. I just couldn’t hit on a consistent basis. … Command was bad from the get-go. I was never able to find it.”
Francisco Liriano will go for the Jays. He’s tossed three consecutive quality starts, allowing just four earned runs in 18 …
