Even though the road team has won every game in this American League Championship Series so far, the Toronto Blue Jays would like nothing more than to book a trip back home.
The Blue Jays ensured they wouldn’t be steamrolled in this ALCS thanks to a 13-4 trouncing of the Seattle Mariners in Game 3. Now, a night later, they can complete the comeback from a 2-0 hole and square the series, ensuring a Game 6 in Toronto.
It will be a battle of veterans, at least to start, in Game 4: Max Scherzer, 41, will tie David Wells and Fernando Rodney by appearing in a postseason game with his sixth team. Scherzer has not pitched since Sept. 24, as he was left off the AL Division Series roster. It’s his first postseason start since Game 5 of the 2023 World Series. He left that start early with back pain – he’d eventually require offseason surgery – but the Rangers clinched the World Series that evening.
Luis Castillo, 32, will start for the Mariners, and that’s where the intrigue begins. Manager Dan Wilson said Game 1 starter Bryce Miller will start Game 5, which leaves ace Bryan Woo available for bullpen duty.
Whether that comes in relief of Castillo will make an interesting game of strategy between the managers.
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What time is Mariners vs Blue Jays Game 4 today?
ALCS Game 4 in Seattle begins at 8:33 p.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 16.
What channel is Mariners vs Blue Jays? Where to watch, stream
TV: Fox Sports 1
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Mariners lineup today: ALCS Game 4
Randy Arozarena (R) LF
Cal Raleigh (S) C
Julio Rodríguez (R) CF
Jorge Polanco (S) DH
Josh Naylor (L) 1B
Eugenio Suárez (R) 3B
Dominic Canzone (L) RF
J.P. Crawford (L) SS
Leo Rivas (S) 2B
Blue Jays lineup for ALCS Game 4
George Springer (R) DH
Nathan Lukes (L) LF
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 1B
Alejandro Kirk (R) C
Daulton Varsho (L) CF
Ernie Clement (R) 3B
Addison Barger (L) RF
Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) 2B
Andrés Giménez (L) SS