Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Guardians meet at Progressive Field on September 3, 2026. First pitch is set for 1:10 p.m. ET. Here’s everything you need — start time, where to watch, how both teams are sitting, and who’s starting.
| Matchup | Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cleveland Guardians |
| League | MLB |
| Date | September 3, 2026 |
| First Pitch | 1:10 p.m. ET |
| Venue | Progressive Field — Cleveland, OH |
Where to Watch
🇺🇸 United States
- Sportsnet / Sportsnet+ — Blue Jays local broadcast and live stream
- Guardians.TV Presented by Progressive — Guardians local broadcast
- WKYC — Over-the-air in Cleveland
- CLEGUARDIANS.TV — Direct stream, available without local blackout inside the MLB app
- In Spanish: FOX Deportes (regular season and Spanish simulcast of FOX postseason); ESPN Deportes (30-game linear package); Telemundo Deportes; UniMás / TUDN; Universo (Sunday Night Baseball en español, 25 featured games in 2026); Peacock (Sunday Night Baseball en español)
🇲🇽 Mexico — 11:10 a.m. CT
- Canal 5 — 55 regular-season games; 2026–2028 deal
- NU9VE (Canal 9) — Sunday game of the week
- ESPN — ~6 games per week
- TUDN
- Canal FOX — 5-game weekly package: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and two Saturdays
- Disney+ — 6 additional games per week + ESPN simulcast
🇻🇪 Venezuela — 1:10 p.m. VET
- Televén (free) — Primarily weekends; free streaming on their mobile app
- 1BASEBALL — 24-hour baseball channel, up to 3 games per day. Via Simple, Inter and NetUno GO
- ByM SPORT — 6 days a week, via Inter and Simple
- IVC — Tuesday through Sunday
- ESPN / Disney+ — Live and replays
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic — 1:10 p.m. AST
- Teleantillas Canal 10 (free) — 7 games per week, one per day, free. Seventh consecutive year. Covers Opening Day through the full World Series, including the Futures Game, Home Run Derby, All-Star Game and all of the postseason
- ESPN
- 1BASEBALL — Via Altice
- FOX / FS1 / FS2 / FOX Deportes
- teleantillas.com.do (free)
- MLB.TV
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico — 1:10 p.m. AST
- WAPA Deportes (free) — Regular season (typically Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays). Exclusive island broadcast of the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby
- MLB.TV
A note on MLB.TV: it remains an out-of-market product. An in-market local subscription exists for 22 of 30 clubs, sold separately inside the MLB app (~$19.99/month or ~$99.99/season), and is free of local blackouts. Games exclusive to national partners (Netflix, NBC/Peacock, Apple TV, FOX, ESPN) are not included in MLB.TV — that’s not a blackout, they simply aren’t part of the package. No public MLB.TV blackout map exists for Latin American countries.
How Both Teams Are Sitting
- Toronto Blue Jays: 69-71 (.493)
- Cleveland Guardians: 70-69 (.504)
Starting Pitchers
Toronto — José Soriano 🇩🇴
11-7, 3.45 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 149 strikeouts in 151.1 innings. Right-hander from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Cleveland — Tanner Bibee
5-14, 3.88 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 128 strikeouts in 162.1 innings. Right-hander.
Keys to the Game
One game separates these two clubs, and both need wins badly. Toronto is trying to claw back to .500 in the final stretch of September; Cleveland, at 70-69, is fighting to keep its postseason hopes alive at home.
Soriano comes in as the clear edge on the mound — his 11-7 record and 3.45 ERA stack up well against Bibee’s tough 5-14 mark. Bibee has held his own with a 3.88 ERA, but his WHIP (1.16) is tighter than Soriano’s (1.28), meaning command will be a factor worth watching on both sides.
This article will be updated after the final out with the result, key plays and video highlights.
