Overview

• First pitch for Game 1 is set for just after 4 p.m. ET on Saturday at Rogers Centre.
• It is the teams’ first postseason meeting, with Games 1 and 2 in Toronto before the best-of-five shifts to New York and the winner advancing to the ALCS.
• Toronto right-hander Kevin Gausman was named the Game 1 starter and said he plans to keep his beard during the playoffs.
• Sportsnet confirmed its radio team will call games in person at home and on the road, with Ben Shulman on play-by-play and Chris Leroux as analyst.
• Fans are flying in from across Canada to attend the opener, and a new Blue Jays commercial features Triumph’s song “Follow Your Heart.”