The 36th post-season Blue Jays game in Toronto was only the second played under an open roof at Rogers Centre.

And with good reason. Saturday’s American League Division Series opener between the Jays and New York Yankees was played under conditions more summer-like than usually seen in October. It was 26° Celsius when Kevin Gausman threw his first pitch to Trent Grisham, hotter than when Toronto hosted Baltimore for a night game on Oct. 4, 2016 and it was 17°C at first pitch.

That game, won memorably by the Jays on Edwin Encarnacion’s walkoff, was the other one that came with the roof open.

Later that month the team played two games against Cleveland with the weather at 20°C, but the roof was not open for either of them.

The team has played other open air playoff games though, dating t

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