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
DateOctober 4, 2016
VenueRogers Centre
CityToronto, Ontario
Managers
UmpiresTed Barrett, Gary Cederstrom (crew chief), Eric Cooper, Will Little, David Rackley and Bill Welke
Replay: Scott Barry and Mark Carlson.[1]
Attendance49,934
Ceremonial first pitchRoberto Alomar[2]
TelevisionCanada: Sportsnet
United States: TBS
TV announcersErnie Johnson Jr., Ron Darling, Cal Ripken Jr., and Sam Ryan
RadioCanada: Sportsnet
United States: ESPN
Radio announcersJon Sciambi and Chris Singleton

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.

  1. ^ "2016 World Game and Division Series Umpires". Close Call Sports & Umpire Ejection Fantasy League. October 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Robbie". Hartford Courant. October 5, 2016. pp. C4.