Opposite dugout: Blue Jays looking to wrap up AL East against Orioles

Manager: John Gibbons (8th season)

Record: 90-65

Last 10 games: 7-3

Who to watch: 3B Josh Donaldson (.299/.373/.578 with 41 HR, 122 RBIs), RF Jose Bautista (.259/.374/.539 with 39 HR, 110 RBIs), 1B Edwin Encarnacion (35 HR and 105 RBIs), LHP David Price (18-5, 2.45 ERA), RHP Marco Estrada (13-8, 3.13 ERA)

Season series vs. Orioles: 9-6

Pitching probables:

Sept. 28: RHP Marco Estrada vs. RHP Chris Tillman, 7:05 p.m., MASN2
Sept. 29: RHP Marcus Stroman vs. RHP Miguel Gonzalez, 7:05 p.m., MASN2
Sept. 30: RHP R.A. Dickey vs. RHP Kevin Gausman, 7:05 p.m., MASN2
Oct. 1: LHP David Price vs. TBA, 7:05 p.m., MASN2

Inside the Blue Jays:

A big sigh of relief and an exclamation of joy came from the city of Toronto late Friday night as the Blue Jays clinched their first playoff birth since winning the World Series in 1993. That 22-year postseason drought was the longest in Major League Baseball, but has been quickly put on the back burner in the minds of Jays fans to celebrate this playoff-bound 2015 season.

The Jays have secured a playoff spot as at least a wild card team, but their magic number is four to clinch an American League East division title, another feat that has been 22 years in waiting. The Yankees are four games behind the Blue Jays in the East and any combination of Toronto wins or New York losses adding up to four gives the Jays the division crown.

That's what's at stake as the Blue Jays open their next-to-last series of 2015, a four-game set at Camden Yards, where the Orioles hope an opponent won't be celebration on their home turf.

Toronto's success still rides on the big bats that make up its lineup. Third baseman Josh Donaldson is having a Most Valuable Player-caliber year, slashing .299/.373/.578 with 41 home runs and league-leading 122 RBIs. Right behind him is right fielder Jose Bautista, who is posting a .259/.374/.539 slash line with 39 home runs and is tied with Chris Davis with the second-most RBIs at 110. Designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion slashes .273/.367/.539 with 35 homers and 105 RBIs, while catcher Russell Martin has added 22 longballs and 74 RBIs. It's no surprise that the Jays lead all of baseball with 853 runs, 295 doubles, 222 home runs, 818 RBIs, a .338 on-base percentage, .455 slugging percentage and a .793 OPS.

Right-hander Marco Estrada starts this series at Camden Yards with a 13-8 record and 3.13 ERA. He hasn't lost a start since Aug. 27, going 2-0 with a 2.84 ERA in five September starts. One of those wins came on Sept. 6 against the Orioles, when Estrada pitched five innings, giving up two runs on two hits and four walks with four strikeouts. The two runs came on a two-run home run from Ryan Flaherty in the fifth inning. Estrada is 2-1 with a 3.32 ERA in three starts over five outings against the O's this season and 7-4 with a 3.31 ERA on the road.

Marcus Stroman will make just his fourth start of the season after recovering from an ACL tear sustained in spring training. The second-year right-hander has won all three of his starts this season with a 1.89 ERA, allowing only four runs. He has only pitched against AL East rivals so far, going five innings in his season debut at New York before acing the Red Sox and Yankees again at home. Stroman is 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA in two outings (one start) against the Orioles in his young career, with the only loss coming in his only start at Camden Yards last Sept. 15 when he gave up five runs on nine hits and three walks.

Veteran right-hander R.A. Dickey starts for the Jays in Wednesday night's game. Dickey is 11-11 with a 4.00 ERA over his 32 starts this season. He is 2-1 with a 2.78 ERA over five starts in September, but just 2-8 with a 5.09 over 15 road starts this season. Dickey has avoided the Orioles this season and is just 2-6 with a 4.20 ERA in 13 career appearances against the Birds including 10 starts. He is 1-3 with a 3.67 ERA in five appearances (four starts at Camden Yards. Keep an eye out for Dickey's knuckleball, which he throws at 76 mph 87 percent of the time, while also throwing an 82 mph fastball.

Left-hander David Price will start the season series finale between these two rivals on the first day of October. Price leads the AL with a 2.45 ERA and is tied with three other starters for the lead with an 18-5 record this season. Since coming to the Blue Jays via a trade with the Tigers right before the deadline, Price is 9-1 with a 2.30 ERA in 11 starts. He has faced the Orioles twice this season, once with Detroit and once with Toronto, splitting the two games. His win came on Sept. 5 when he pitched seven innings, giving up only one run on three hits with four walks and eight strikeouts. Price is 8-4 with a 2.65 ERA in 19 career starts against the O's.

The Blue Jays have a chance in this four-game series to win the American League East, which is ironic since the Orioles clinched the division crown last season last Sept. 16 against the Jays in Baltimore. Meanwhile, the Yankees host the Red Sox for four games and will try to do what they can to stay within reach of the Jays. If Toronto is unable to clinch against the O's, they close out the regular season with three games in Tampa Bay, while the Yanks come to Camden Yards.