WATCH Blue Jays vs. Rays Online Live Stream: AL Eastern Division, MLB 2015 Wild Card Playoffs

The 2015 MLB playoffs are fast approaching, and things are finally heating up!

The Toronto Blue Jays take the field against the Tampa Bay Rays in Week 24 of the regular season on Friday, October 2 at 7:10 p.m. EST at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of the Game 1 ballgame online - also catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores.

While Toronto maintains an extremely high top spot in ESPN.com's official breakdown of all 30 MLB teams (power rankings), Tampa Bay still lags a bit behind:

Blue Jays (3): "Having clinched a playoff spot on Friday night, the Blue Jays will be playing meaningful October baseball for the first time in 22 years. If Josh Donaldson can muster up a couple more walk-off home runs, the Jays may even beat out the Royals for the top spot in the American League." Matt Gwin, Blue Jays Plus 

Toronto currently holds an impressive 92-67 winning record and cinches the American League Eastern Division.

Rays (18): "Steven Souza Jr. has struggled mightily at home this season. He's batting just .185 with six home runs in 195 at-bats at Tropicana Field." ESPN.com 

Tampa Bay now snags 78 wins and 81 losses, and remains 3rd in the ALED. Check out the team's wild card standing here.

Friday evening's ballgame will be broadcasted live on local sports channel RSN and SUN.

For a complete list of current standings and scores for the regular 2015 season, check out the official MLB website. Also view the official playoff schedule here.

For fans who want to try out a free live stream (which may mean downloading a torrent), click here. Or try this other option...

ESPN, MLB Scoreboard, SBNation, and MLB TV are both good sources for up-to-date game coverage and feeds.

For additional team radio station affiliates: Blue Jays and Rays.

And official MLB team websites: Blue Jays and Rays.

Enjoy the highly-anticipated pre-playoff ballgame, and always stick with MstarsNews for further MLB coverage.