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For the first time in recent memory, this afternoon’s Toronto Blue Jays game will not be seen on one of Rogers’ Sportsnet stations. Instead, fans can watch it on Facebook as part of a recent agreement with Major League Baseball to stream 25 weekday afternoon games on the social network.

MLB and Facebook announced the deal in early March. Today’s Blue Jays game — first pitch is at 4:07 p.m. ET against the Kansas City Royals — is the third of the series. According to the live online connection numbers seen on last week’s broadcast of a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers, the game attracted about 58,000 concurrent viewers, peaking at a little over 60,000 in the ninth inning as the Cardinals attempted to come back in an eventual 3-2 loss.

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The game will be called by Scott Braun of MLB Network with one analyst representing each team: former players Cliff Floyd, another MLB Network employee who occasionally contributes to Sportsnet telecasts, and Jeremy Guthrie, who pitched four of his 13 MLB seasons with the Royals.