How to watch Blue Jays vs. Mariners Game 1 in Canada: TV channel, streams for AL Wild Card Series game
Postseason baseball is here. The Blue Jays are playing their first game of the 2022 MLB playoffs while Toronto hosts the Seattle Mariners in the first game of a best-of-three AL wildcard series.
Toronto began the season with World Series aspirations, and although the club failed to win the AL East, the Blue Jays earned the best wildcard spot in the American League. The team finished with a record of 92-70, seven games behind the Yankees for the division.
The Blue Jays haven’t won a playoff round since 2016, when the team made it to the ALCS before falling to Cleveland. Now Toronto is aiming for a deep postseason with a crew led by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Alek Manoah, Bo Bichette and co.
Manoah gets the ball in Game 1 as he will face off against Luis Castillo, the Mariners’ key trade deadline acquisition.
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Game 1 of the series is scheduled for tonight. Here’s how you can watch the Blue Jays vs. Mariners in Canada.
How to watch Blue Jays vs Mariners 1 game
- Date: Friday October 7th
- TV channel: Sportsnet
Sportsnet has been the home of the Blue Jays all season and will continue to be so in the postseason. The Toronto Wild Card Series will be broadcast live on Sportsnet and is also available to stream on SN NOW.
Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler and Hazel Mae will be the broadcast crew for these games. Dan Shulman will be making games for ESPN Radio and will not be available to work on the Sportsnet broadcasts during the postseason.
When is Blue Jays vs. Mariners game 1?
- Date: Friday October 7th
- Time: 4:07 p.m. ET
Game 1 of the Blue Jays and Mariners series is scheduled for Friday October 7th. The first pitch is scheduled to begin at 4:07 p.m. ET.
The entire series will be played at the Rogers Center in Toronto.
Mariners vs. Blue Jays game 1 odds
- money line: Blue Jay -146
- running line: Blue Jay (-1.5) +153 | Sailors (+1.5) -183
- O/U: 7.0
The Blue Jays go into the first game of the series as favorites.
The Mariners went 5-2 against the Blue Jays in the regular season, including a five-game winning streak against Toronto in the postseason.
Mariners vs. Blue Jays schedule
The Mariners and Blue Jays play in a best-of-three weekend series in Toronto.
| date | Game | time (ET) | channel |
| Friday October 7th | Game 1: Mariners at Blue Jays | 4:07 p.m | Sportsnet |
| Saturday October 8th | Game 2: Mariners at Blue Jays | 4:07 p.m | Sportsnet |
| Sunday October 9th | Game 3: Mariners at Blue Jays (if required) | 2:07 p.m | Sportsnet |