How to watch Yankees vs. Blue Jays ALDS series for free after StreamEast shutdown

The No. 4 New York Yankees will face the No. 1 Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Divisional Series, beginning Saturday, Oct. 4. New York took three games to beat the Boston Red Sox in the Wild Card, coming from behind in the series to set up a five-game showdown with their divisional rivals.

Best streaming options for Yankees vs. Blue Jays series

DirecTV (free trial) is perfect for streaming the Yankees vs. Blue Jays series. It offers FOX and FS1 and plenty other channels on its service, including TBS so you can watch the NLDS series as well. They also have a free trial offering, meaning you can watch the MLB Playoffs for free on DirecTV.

There’s other viable options as well, such as fuboTV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling.

What channel is Yankees vs. Blue Jays on?

Every Yankees vs. Blue Jays game will air on either FOX or FS1.

Yankees vs. Blue Jays TV Schedule

Game 1: NYY @ TOR, Saturday, October 4, 4:08 p.m. on FOX (STREAM)

Game 2: NYY @ TOR, Sunday, October 5, 4:08 p.m. on FS1 (STREAM)

Game 3: TOR @ NYY, Tuesday, October 7, Time on FOX/FS1 (STREAM)

Game 4 (if necessary): TOR @ NYY, Wednesday, October 8, Time on FOX/FS1 (STREAM)

Game 5 (if necessary): NYY @ TOR, Friday, October 10, Time on FOX/FS1 (STREAM)

Toronto will host Game 1, Game 2 and Game 5 (if necessary). The Yankees will hosts Game 3 and Game 4 (if necessary).

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Despite a lower seeding, the Yankees are the -156 favorites to win the series, and return to the ALCS.

Here’s a baseball story via the Associated Press:

NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler struck out 12 in eight dominant innings and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-0 on Thursday night to win their AL Wild Card Series in a deciding third game.

Taking his place in Yankees-Red Sox rivalry lore, the 24-year-old Schlittler overpowered Boston with 100 mph heat in his 15th major league start and pitched New York into a best-of-five Division Series against AL East champion Toronto beginning Saturday.

“A star is born tonight. He’s a special kid, man,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “He is not afraid. He expects this.”

Amed Rosario and Anthony Volpe each had an RBI single in a four-run fourth as New York became the first team to lose the opener of a best-of-three Wild Card Series and come back to advance since Major League Baseball expanded the first round of the playoffs in 2022.

“It felt like the most pressure-packed game I’ve ever experienced — World Series, clinching games, whatever,” Boone said.

Schlittler, who debuted in the majors July 9, grew up a Red Sox fan in Walpole, Massachusetts — but has said several times he wanted to play for the Yankees. He had faced Boston only once before, as a freshman at Northeastern in a 2020 spring training exhibition.

Schlittler said he spoke about the moment Wednesday with Yankees great Andy Pettitte, a five-time World Series champion and winner of a record 19 postseason games.

“I woke up and I was locked in, so I knew exactly what I needed to do to go out there, especially against my hometown team,” Schlittler said.

He outpitched Connelly Early, a 23-year-old left-hander who debuted on Sept. 9 and became Boston’s youngest postseason starting pitcher since 21-year-old Babe Ruth in 1916.

Schlittler struck out two more than any other Yankees pitcher had in his postseason debut, allowing just five singles and walking none. He threw 11 pitches 100 mph or faster — including six in the first inning.

Schlittler threw 75 of 107 pitches for strikes, starting 22 of 29 batters with strikes and topping out at 100.8 mph. David Bednar worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth as the Red Sox failed to advance a runner past second base.

Bucky Dent threw out the ceremonial first pitch on the 47th anniversary of his go-ahead, three-run homer for New York at Fenway Park in an AL East tiebreaker game, and the Yankees went on to vanquish their longtime rivals the way they often used to.

New York, which arrived packed for a late-night flight to Toronto, won its second straight after losing eight of nine playoff meetings with Boston dating to 2004 and edged ahead 14-13 in postseason games between the teams.

The Red Sox cost themselves in the fourth with a defense that committed a big league-high 116 errors during the regular season.

New York’s rally began when Cody Bellinger hit a soft fly into the triangle between center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela, right fielder Wilyer Abreu and second baseman Romy González. The ball fell just in front of Rafaela, 234 feet from home plate, as Bellinger hustled into second with a double.

Giancarlo Stanton walked on a full count and with one out Rosario grounded a single into left, just past diving shortstop Trevor Story, to drive in Bellinger with the first run.

Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s single loaded the bases, and Volpe hit a grounder just past González, who had been shifted toward second, and into right for an RBI single and a 2-0 lead.

Austin Wells hit a potential double-play grounder that first baseman Nathaniel Lowe tried to backhand on an in-between hop. The ball glanced off his glove and into shallow right field for an error as two runs scored.

“We didn’t play defense,” Boston manager Alex Cora said. “They didn’t hit the ball hard, but they found holes and it happened fast.”

Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon made the defensive play of the game when he caught Jarren Duran’s eighth-inning foul pop and somersaulted over the railing into Boston’s dugout, then emerged smiling and apparently unhurt.