TORONTO - They will meet for the 20th time this season but neither the Baltimore Orioles or Toronto Blue Jays know quite what to expect in Tuesday’s American League Wild Card game.
The winner-take-all to advance to the AL divisional round against the Texas Rangers comes after a tense month for both teams as the slugging offences dried up.
“We know these guys so well, they know us,” Jays manager John Gibbons said hours before first pitch. “There’s no secrets. Everybody’s faced the same hitters, same pitchers so many times.
“It’s going to come down to who’s on, who makes a big pitch, who might get the big hit, things like that.