2016 American League Wild Card Game

2016 American League Wild Card Game

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Baltimore Orioles 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 Toronto Blue Jays 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 0
Date	October 4, 2016
Venue	Rogers Centre
City	Toronto, Ontario
Managers	Buck Showalter (Baltimore Orioles) John Gibbons (Toronto Blue Jays)
Umpires	Ted Barrett, Gary Cederstrom (crew chief), Eric Cooper, Will Little, David Rackley and Bill Welke Replay: Scott Barry and Mark Carlson.[1]
Attendance	49,934
Ceremonial first pitch	Roberto Alomar[2]
Television	Canada: Sportsnet United States: TBS
TV announcers	Ernie Johnson Jr., Ron Darling, Cal Ripken Jr., and Sam Ryan
Radio	Canada: Sportsnet United States: ESPN
Radio announcers	Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton
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The 2016 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 postseason played between the American League's (AL) two wild card teams, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles. As both teams finished with identical 89–73 records, a tiebreaker was used to determine the host team. In accordance with MLB tiebreaking rules, the Blue Jays earned the right to host the game by winning their season series against the Orioles 10–9.

The Blue Jays beat the Orioles, 5–2, in extra innings. This was the Orioles' last postseason appearance until 2023.